Research & Reports
Anchorage Employment Report: June 2024
Year over year (YOY), from June 2023 to June 2024, Anchorage’s estimated labor force increased by 1,189, and the overall unemployment rate increased from 3.7% to 4.2%.
Month over month (MOM), between May and June 2024, there was a decrease of 1,730 employed persons.
In the month of June, the estimated Anchorage unemployment rate increased from 3.6%, to 4.2%.
The industries that saw the highest number of jobs increases YOY included Leisure and Hospitality (600), Health Care (1,500 jobs), and Construction (2,000 jobs).
The sectors with the largest reduction in jobs were Trade, Transportation and Utilities with a loss of 600 jobs and the Retail Trade, Financial Activities, Food Services andGovernment sectors with a loss of 200 jobs each.