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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > Alaska > Anchorage

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 Jul 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2025
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 — June 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Jul 2025
Anchorage Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jul 2025
Alaska Labor Market Outlook, September 29, 2016, Anchorage, AK (PDF) N/A Factsheet Sep 2016
Consumer Expenditures in the Anchorage Metropolitan Area — 2022–23 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2024
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
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 205.0 204.1 204.7 204.5 (p)203.8  

Employment(1)

 195.3 194.5 196.0 195.7 (p)195.6  

Unemployment(1)

 9.7 9.6 8.7 8.8 (p)8.2  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.3 (p)4.0  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 178.4 179.1 180.5 181.6 186.2 (p)187.9

12-month % change

 2.5 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.6 (p)1.2

Mining and Logging(3)

 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9 (p)1.9

12-month % change

 11.1 0.0 5.3 5.3 0.0 (p)-5.0

Construction(3)

 10.8 10.9 11.4 11.6 12.7 (p)13.7

12-month % change

 9.1 5.8 9.6 6.4 3.3 (p)3.8

Manufacturing(3)

 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 (p)2.6

12-month % change

 4.5 0.0 0.0 -4.2 -4.0 (p)-7.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 38.0 38.0 38.3 38.5 39.9 (p)40.9

12-month % change

 -0.8 -0.8 0.3 -0.5 0.8 (p)2.0

Information(3)

 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 (p)3.1

12-month % change

 0.0 -3.2 -3.2 -3.2 -3.2 (p)-3.1

Financial Activities(3)

 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.2 (p)7.4

12-month % change

 0.0 -1.4 -2.7 -1.4 -1.4 (p)0.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 20.0 20.2 20.5 20.5 21.7 (p)22.3

12-month % change

 2.6 2.5 3.5 4.1 5.3 (p)5.2

Education and Health Services(3)

 34.6 34.7 34.7 34.7 34.8 (p)34.9

12-month % change

 4.8 4.2 3.6 3.3 3.3 (p)3.3

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 19.2 19.4 19.6 20.1 21.2 (p)22.4

12-month % change

 0.5 0.0 -1.0 2.0 1.4 (p)0.9

Other Services(3)

 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.8 (p)6.8

12-month % change

 4.6 3.0 1.5 1.5 -1.4 (p)-2.9

Government(3)

 34.5 34.8 34.9 35.0 34.6 (p)31.9

12-month % change

 2.7 1.5 1.5 0.9 0.3 (p)-2.7

Consumer Price Index: Urban Alaska

CPI-U, All items(4)

   269.022   271.358   271.728

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     2.9   1.6   1.6

CPI-W, All items(5)

   266.796   268.386   268.786

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     2.9   1.7   1.1

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary