JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in October, unchanged from September’s rate, which was revised down one-tenth of a percentage point. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent. October’s unadjusted rate was 6.3 percent, which was one-tenth of a percentage point lower than September. It is unusual for the unadjusted rate to […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in August, up slightly from July’s 6.7 percent. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent, unchanged from the previous month. Although the one-tenth of a percentage point change is not large enough to be statistically significant, Alaska’s rate has been rising gradually since early 2015. August’s […]
JUNEAU, Alaska— Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.7 percent in May, a small increase from April’s 6.6 percent. The comparable national rate was 4.7 percent. The last time there was a two percentage point gap between the U.S. and Alaska rates was October of 2009, when rates peaked at the height of the great […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.6 percent in January, unchanged from December’s revised rate. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent. The not-seasonally adjusted rate was 7.3 percent, up six-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month. Large swings in the unadjusted rate are typical in January. Rates increased in 24 out […]