State labor market
Alaska labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for Alaska. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
Alaska hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in Alaska.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where Alaska workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
Home health and personal care aides
6,530estimated employmentGeneral and operations managers
6,020estimated employmentSecretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive
5,390estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the Alaska figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$109,480/yr Alaska median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developersNot released by BLS Alaska median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$89,440/yr Alaska median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$83,460/yr Alaska median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$79,260/yr Alaska median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$116,270/yr Alaska median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How Alaska occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated Alaska workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Service unit operators, oil and gas$106,480/yr state median · 1,090 workers+83.1%vs. U.S. $58,160/yr
- Substitute teachers, short-term$66,920/yr state median · 1,420 workers+60.6%vs. U.S. $41,670/yr
- Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters$93,920/yr state median · 1,200 workers+47.2%vs. U.S. $63,800/yr
- Electricians$89,440/yr state median · 1,870 workers+41.5%vs. U.S. $63,190/yr
- Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors$80,770/yr state median · 1,290 workers+36.1%vs. U.S. $59,350/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Waiters and waitresses$26,310/yr state median · 3,830 workers-25.3%vs. U.S. $35,230/yr
- Financial managers$127,030/yr state median · 2,020 workers-23.7%vs. U.S. $166,570/yr
- Commercial pilots$100,120/yr state median · 1,000 workers-18.7%vs. U.S. $123,220/yr
- Bartenders$30,460/yr state median · 2,280 workers-11.3%vs. U.S. $34,340/yr
- Managers, all other$127,950/yr state median · 1,740 workers-9.8%vs. U.S. $141,900/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in Alaska
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for Alaska. Links marked “Alaska report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no Alaska report is available.
500 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.