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Anchorage

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Western Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Apr 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Apr 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Anchorage — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2025
CPI Historical Table - Anchorage, AK (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2019
CPI Historical Table - Anchorage, AK (old base) (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index, Anchorage area — February 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Mar 2026
Anchorage Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Apr 2026
Alaska Labor Market Outlook, September 29, 2016, Anchorage, AK (PDF)	N/A	Factsheet	Sep 2016
Consumer Expenditures in the Anchorage Metropolitan Area — 2023–24	Consumer spending	News Release	Jan 2026
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	Sept 2025	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	203.6	(2)-	209.2	(p)208.2	(p)207.0
Employment(1)	195.6	(2)-	200.0	(p)199.3	(p)197.0
Unemployment(1)	7.9	(2)-	9.1	(p)9.0	(p)10.0
Unemployment Rate(3)	3.9	(2)-	4.4	(p)4.3	(p)4.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)	185.3	180.5	178.7	178.6	175.5	(p)176.6
12-month % change	-0.1	-0.7	-0.9	-1.1	-1.5	(p)-1.2
Mining and Logging(4)	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	1.9	(p)1.9
12-month % change	-5.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	5.6	(p)5.6
Construction(4)	13.4	12.7	11.2	10.6	10.6	(p)10.5
12-month % change	1.5	-0.8	-3.4	-7.0	-5.4	(p)-6.3
Manufacturing(4)	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	(p)2.5
12-month % change	4.2	4.2	8.7	8.7	9.1	(p)13.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)	40.7	39.5	39.3	39.2	38.2	(p)38.3
12-month % change	1.0	0.3	0.3	-0.8	-1.0	(p)-0.5
Information(4)	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	(p)2.9
12-month % change	-3.2	-3.2	-3.2	0.0	0.0	(p)-3.3
Financial Activities(4)	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.2	(p)7.2
12-month % change	-1.4	-1.4	0.0	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
Professional and Business Services(4)	20.4	19.6	19.7	19.4	19.6	(p)19.6
12-month % change	-1.4	-3.9	-3.0	-2.5	0.5	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(4)	34.4	34.3	34.5	34.6	34.3	(p)34.5
12-month % change	1.5	0.6	0.6	0.9	-0.3	(p)0.0
Leisure and Hospitality(4)	21.2	19.4	18.9	19.5	18.9	(p)18.9
12-month % change	0.0	1.0	-0.5	0.0	-3.1	(p)-3.6
Other Services(4)	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.5	(p)6.7
12-month % change	-1.5	-1.5	-1.5	0.0	-1.5	(p)3.1
Government(4)	33.9	33.8	33.9	33.8	32.9	(p)33.6
12-month % change	-1.7	-2.0	-2.3	-2.9	-4.1	(p)-3.2
Consumer Price Index: Urban Alaska
CPI-U, All items(5)		(6)-		272.355		273.181
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)				1.9		1.5
CPI-W, All items(7)		(6)-		271.308		271.282
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(7)				2.9		1.7
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (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) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations (7) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary