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Anchorage

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Western Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Apr 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Apr 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Anchorage — May 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	Apr 2020
CPI Historical Table - Anchorage, AK	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2019
CPI Historical Table - Anchorage, AK (old base)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index, Anchorage area – February 2021	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Mar 2021
Anchorage Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Apr 2021
Alaska Labor Market Outlook, September 29, 2016, Anchorage, AK	N/A	Factsheet	Sep 2016
Consumer Expenditures for the Anchorage Metropolitan Area: 2018–19	Consumer spending	News Release	Dec 2020
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2018
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2020

Anchorage, AK Economy at a Glance:

Anchorage, AK

Data Series	Back Data	Oct 2020	Nov 2020	Dec 2020	Jan 2021	Feb 2021	Mar 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)200.8	(2)201.6	(2)201.4	197.7	(p)197.8
Employment(1)		(2)189.1	(2)189.4	(2)188.8	184.7	(p)184.5
Unemployment(1)		(2)11.7	(2)12.2	(2)12.6	12.9	(p)13.3
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)5.8	(2)6.0	(2)6.3	6.6	(p)6.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		164.3	162.3	161.4	159.2	161.2	(p)160.9
12-month % change		-7.3	-7.5	-7.5	-7.2	-6.5	(p)-6.5
Mining and Logging(4)		2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	(p)2.2
12-month % change		-14.8	-15.4	-12.0	-12.5	-16.0	(p)-12.0
Construction(4)		10.9	10.0	9.8	9.1	9.2	(p)9.1
12-month % change		-0.9	0.0	4.3	4.6	4.5	(p)3.4
Manufacturing(4)		2.1	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.8	(p)1.8
12-month % change		-8.7	-14.3	-18.2	-19.0	-14.3	(p)-14.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		35.1	35.5	35.6	34.6	34.7	(p)34.6
12-month % change		-7.1	-6.1	-5.6	-5.2	-4.4	(p)-4.4
Information(4)		3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	(p)3.4
12-month % change		-8.1	-8.1	-8.1	-8.1	-8.3	(p)-2.9
Financial Activities(4)		7.4	7.4	7.5	7.3	7.4	(p)7.3
12-month % change		-6.3	-6.3	-5.1	-6.4	-5.1	(p)-6.4
Professional and Business Services(4)		18.2	17.6	17.7	17.5	17.8	(p)17.3
12-month % change		-4.7	-6.9	-5.3	-4.9	-4.8	(p)-8.0
Education and Health Services(4)		31.0	31.2	31.1	31.0	31.4	(p)31.3
12-month % change		-3.1	-3.1	-3.4	-3.7	-2.5	(p)-2.2
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		14.5	14.0	13.0	13.9	14.1	(p)14.5
12-month % change		-28.6	-28.9	-34.3	-28.7	-29.1	(p)-26.4
Other Services(4)		5.8	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.8	(p)5.8
12-month % change		-7.9	-9.5	-11.1	-9.7	-6.5	(p)-6.5
Government(4)		33.6	33.5	33.7	33.0	33.6	(p)33.6
12-month % change		-1.8	-2.0	-0.9	-2.9	-2.0	(p)-2.3
Consumer Price Index: Urban Alaska
CPI-U, All items(5)		228.343		227.259		229.478
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)		0.3		0.3		1.3
CPI-W, All items(6)		228.317		226.615		229.145
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)		1.4		1.1		2.0
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data (5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary