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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 Jan 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Anchorage — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2021
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 — December 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2022
Anchorage Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2022
Alaska Labor Market Outlook, September 29, 2016, Anchorage, AK N/A Factsheet Sep 2016
Consumer Expenditures for the Anchorage Metropolitan Area: 2019–20 Consumer spending News Release Dec 2021
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		 July
2021		 Aug
2021		 Sept
2021		 Oct
2021		 Nov
2021		 Dec
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 195.4 193.6 194.3 197.1 (p)200.6  

Employment(1)

 184.1 184.0 184.5 187.4 (p)190.8  

Unemployment(1)

 11.3 9.6 9.8 9.7 (p)9.9  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 5.8 4.9 5.0 4.9 (p)4.9  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 170.5 170.0 168.8 166.2 (p)164.6  

12-month % change

 4.5 4.2 2.2 1.2 (p)1.4  

Mining and Logging(3)

 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 (p)2.1  

12-month % change

 -31.3 -18.5 -12.5 -8.7 (p)-4.5  

Construction(3)

 11.7 11.5 10.5 10.0 (p)8.9  

12-month % change

 5.4 2.7 -3.7 -8.3 (p)-11.0  

Manufacturing(3)

 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.2 (p)2.2  

12-month % change

 0.0 4.2 0.0 4.8 (p)22.2  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 37.3 37.3 36.8 36.2 (p)36.5  

12-month % change

 8.1 6.9 3.7 3.1 (p)2.8  

Information(3)

 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 (p)3.4  

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 -2.9 0.0 (p)0.0  

Financial Activities(3)

 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.4 (p)7.5  

12-month % change

 1.3 2.6 1.3 0.0 (p)1.4  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 19.5 19.2 18.7 18.3 (p)18.0  

12-month % change

 7.1 5.5 3.3 0.5 (p)2.3  

Education and Health Services(3)

 31.6 31.5 31.3 31.5 (p)31.4  

12-month % change

 3.9 2.6 1.6 1.6 (p)0.6  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 18.5 18.7 17.3 15.7 (p)15.1  

12-month % change

 14.9 21.4 11.6 8.3 (p)7.9  

Other Services(3)

 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.4 (p)6.3  

12-month % change

 10.3 12.3 10.7 10.3 (p)10.5  

Government(3)

 29.5 29.5 32.7 33.0 (p)33.2  

12-month % change

 -2.0 -4.8 -1.2 -1.8 (p)-0.9  

Consumer Price Index: Urban Alaska

CPI-U, All items(4)

   239.899   242.708   243.568

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

     5.7   6.3   7.2

CPI-W, All items(5)

   239.491   242.539   243.612

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

     5.6   6.2   7.5

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