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Alaska
News Releases:
Women’s Earnings in Alaska – 2016
In 2016, Alaska women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $841 or 82.9 percent of the $1,014 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts.
Consumer Price Index, West Region — August 2017
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), crept up 0.2 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Price Index, West Region — July 2017
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), edged up 0.1 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Alaska Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
Mar 2017 |
Apr 2017 |
May 2017 |
June 2017 |
July 2017 |
Aug 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
364.7 | 366.5 | 367.1 | 367.1 | 366.3 | (p)365.1 |
Employment(1) |
|
341.3 | 342.4 | 342.4 | 342.0 | 340.6 | (p)339.0 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
23.4 | 24.0 | 24.6 | 25.1 | 25.7 | (p)26.2 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
6.4 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.0 | (p)7.2 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
328.4 | 328.4 | 330.9 | 332.4 | 331.7 | (p)332.1 |
12-month % change |
|
-2.1 | -2.0 | -0.8 | 0.3 | -0.1 | (p)0.1 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
13.5 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.3 | (p)13.5 |
12-month % change |
|
-14.0 | -11.8 | -10.0 | -6.9 | -5.0 | (p)-2.2 |
Construction(3) |
|
15.6 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 15.7 | (p)15.7 |
12-month % change |
|
-6.6 | -6.0 | -6.7 | -4.3 | -3.1 | (p)-1.9 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
12.1 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 13.4 | (p)13.3 |
12-month % change |
|
-14.2 | -15.1 | -16.0 | -3.7 | -2.2 | (p)-0.7 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
64.6 | 64.6 | 65.4 | 65.3 | 65.3 | (p)64.9 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.7 | -2.1 | -0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | (p)-0.3 |
Information(3) |
|
6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | (p)6.1 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.6 | -1.6 | -4.7 | -4.7 | -3.2 | (p)-4.7 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
11.8 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.8 | (p)11.9 |
12-month % change |
|
-2.5 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -2.5 | (p)-2.5 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
27.1 | 26.8 | 27.1 | 28.0 | 28.2 | (p)28.3 |
12-month % change |
|
-5.6 | -7.6 | -5.9 | -0.7 | 0.0 | (p)-0.4 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
48.6 | 49.3 | 49.4 | 49.3 | 49.6 | (p)49.5 |
12-month % change |
|
0.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.4 | (p)1.0 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
35.5 | 35.6 | 37.0 | 36.2 | 35.9 | (p)35.3 |
12-month % change |
|
1.4 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 | (p)-0.8 |
Other Services(3) |
|
11.8 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.6 | (p)12.2 |
12-month % change |
|
6.3 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 4.5 | (p)10.9 |
Government(3) |
|
81.6 | 81.2 | 82.1 | 81.7 | 80.8 | (p)81.4 |
12-month % change |
|
0.1 | -0.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | -0.2 | (p)0.6 |
|
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