Alaska Jobless Rate Dips to 4.4% as June Payrolls Fall by 900
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Updated · Alaska Business · Jul 20
Alaska Jobless Rate Dips to 4.4% as June Payrolls Fall by 900
3 articles · Updated · Alaska Business · Jul 20
Summary
Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate slipped to 4.4% in June from May, breaking a run of roughly 4.6% to 4.7% readings over the past year.
354,000 nonfarm jobs were recorded in June, but that was 900 fewer than a year earlier, as a 1,900-job government-sector drop outweighed a 1,000-job gain in private employment.
1,300 federal jobs disappeared from June 2025, shrinking that workforce 8.4%, while state employment fell 2.5% year over year and local government held flat.
Construction, leisure and hospitality, retail, wholesale, information, and professional services all posted annual losses, even as seasonal hiring lifted June totals from May.
Oil and gas added 900 jobs for 10.2% growth, transportation gained 800, and healthcare and manufacturing also expanded, underscoring a split labor market despite lower unemployment.