Economy at a glance

March over-the-year job growth^*

-6.9%
(U.S. -4.4%)

March unemployment rate^**

6.6%
(U.S. 6.0%)

Read this month’s unemployment press release

*Percent change to job numbers from the same month of the previous year

**Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates; Alaska's unemployment rate has been an unreliable and often misleading economic indicator during the COVID-affected months because of data collection challenges