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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	Jul 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jul 2020
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 – April 2020	Consumer price indexes	News Release	May 2020
Anchorage Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jul 2020
Alaska Labor Market Outlook, September 29, 2016, Anchorage, AK	N/A	Factsheet	Sep 2016
Consumer Expenditures for the Anchorage Metropolitan Area: 2017–18	Consumer spending	News Release	Nov 2019
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
Consumer Price Index Data Tables	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2019

Anchorage, AK Economy at a Glance:

Anchorage, AK

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020	Mar 2020	Apr 2020	May 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)195.0	191.1	191.0	191.3	189.8	(p)187.8
Employment(1)		(2)184.8	180.2	181.4	181.2	162.7	(p)164.5
Unemployment(1)		(2)10.2	10.9	9.6	10.0	27.1	(p)23.3
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)5.3	5.7	5.0	5.2	14.3	(p)12.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		173.7	171.4	172.6	171.0	149.8	(p)158.9
12-month % change		-0.3	0.4	0.1	-1.0	-14.6	(p)-11.3
Mining and Logging(4)		2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.5	(p)2.5
12-month % change		3.8	3.8	3.8	0.0	-10.7	(p)-10.7
Construction(4)		9.3	8.9	8.9	8.9	7.8	(p)8.9
12-month % change		1.1	6.0	3.5	1.1	-19.6	(p)-16.8
Manufacturing(4)		2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.7	(p)2.0
12-month % change		-9.1	-4.8	-9.1	-9.1	-26.1	(p)-20.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		38.2	37.4	37.0	37.0	34.5	(p)36.2
12-month % change		1.1	1.9	1.6	1.4	-7.3	(p)-4.7
Information(4)		3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.4	(p)3.3
12-month % change		-2.6	-5.1	-2.6	-2.6	-10.5	(p)-13.2
Financial Activities(4)		8.0	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.5	(p)7.7
12-month % change		1.3	-1.3	0.0	0.0	-6.3	(p)-4.9
Professional and Business Services(4)		18.1	17.8	18.0	18.3	17.5	(p)19.2
12-month % change		-4.2	-2.7	-3.7	-1.1	-7.9	(p)-2.0
Education and Health Services(4)		31.8	31.8	32.2	31.6	27.4	(p)28.4
12-month % change		-0.3	0.6	1.3	-0.9	-14.1	(p)-11.0
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		19.4	19.1	19.4	18.3	10.1	(p)13.5
12-month % change		0.0	-1.0	-1.5	-8.0	-49.0	(p)-35.7
Other Services(4)		6.2	6.1	6.2	6.2	5.0	(p)5.8
12-month % change		0.0	1.7	1.6	0.0	-20.6	(p)-10.8
Government(4)		34.2	34.1	34.6	34.4	32.4	(p)31.4
12-month % change		-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	-6.4	(p)-8.2
Consumer Price Index: Urban Alaska
CPI-U, All items(5)		226.527		226.510		222.909
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)		0.0		-0.3		-2.5
CPI-W, All items(6)		224.251		224.731		221.826
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)		0.1		0.3		-1.7
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (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