Anchorage/Mat-Su MSA
Not Seasonally Adjusted Labor Force Data
1990 to 2013

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2013
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 201,488 200,930 199,055 198,552
Employment 188,855 189,296 188,117 187,923
Unemployment 12,633 11,634 10,938 10,629
Unemployment Rate 6.3% 5.8% 5.5% 5.4%
                         

2012
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 202,434 201,828 201,334 199,952 199,969 200,641 199,769 196,754 198,086 201,651 203,004 203,758 200,765
Employment 188,657 188,042 187,840 187,640 187,907 187,471 187,745 185,732 187,527 191,427 192,172 192,298 188,705
Unemployment 13,777 13,786 13,494 12,312 12,062 13,170 12,024 11,022 10,559 10,224 10,832 11,460 12,060
Unemployment Rate 6.8% 6.8% 6.7% 6.2% 6.0% 6.6% 6.0% 5.6% 5.3% 5.1% 5.3% 5.6% 6.0%
                         

2011
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 201,436 200,144 200,077 199,314 198,946 200,055 197,611 196,162 197,608 202,190 204,371 205,768 200,307
Employment 186,173 185,000 185,241 185,661 185,848 185,817 184,816 183,829 185,076 190,044 191,808 192,848 186,847
Unemployment 15,263 15,144 14,836 13,653 13,098 14,238 12,795 12,333 12,532 12,146 12,563 12,920 13,460
Unemployment Rate 7.6% 7.6% 7.4% 6.8% 6.6% 7.1% 6.5% 6.3% 6.3% 6.0% 6.1% 6.3% 6.7%
                         

2010
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 199,628 198,710 198,233 197,592 196,592 197,740 197,243 195,867 196,588 200,045 201,965 203,070 198,606
Employment 183,490 182,170 181,690 182,531 182,583 183,147 183,946 182,823 183,319 187,076 187,973 189,050 184,150
Unemployment 16,138 16,540 16,543 15,061 14,009 14,593 13,297 13,044 13,269 12,969 13,992 14,020 14,456
Unemployment Rate 8.1% 8.3% 8.3% 7.6% 7.1% 7.4% 6.7% 6.7% 6.7% 6.5% 6.9% 6.9% 7.3%
                         

2009
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 196,813 196,167 195,950 195,166 195,351 195,433 192,886 191,493 194,174 198,126 199,651 199,510 195,894
Employment 183,287 182,093 181,747 181,923 182,002 180,639 179,451 178,467 180,476 184,333 185,910 185,383 182,143
Unemployment 13,526 14,074 14,203 13,243 13,349 14,794 13,435 13,026 13,698 13,793 13,741 14,127 13,751
Unemployment Rate 6.9% 7.2% 7.2% 6.8% 6.8% 7.6% 7.0% 6.8% 7.1% 7.0% 6.9% 7.1% 7.0%
                         

2008
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 194,609 193,300 193,153 193,210 191,710 192,912 190,899 189,035 191,520 196,705 197,555 198,273 193,573
Employment 183,064 181,734 181,435 182,571 181,022 181,470 180,456 178,789 181,236 186,475 186,546 186,680 182,623
Unemployment 11,545 11,566 11,718 10,639 10,688 11,442 10,443 10,246 10,284 10,230 11,009 11,593 10,950
Unemployment Rate 5.9% 6.0% 6.1% 5.5% 5.6% 5.9% 5.5% 5.4% 5.4% 5.2% 5.6% 5.8% 5.7%
                         

2007
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 192,258 191,199 190,662 189,657 188,898 191,397 190,247 186,824 188,627 192,985 195,400 196,751 191,242
Employment 180,856 179,832 179,777 179,452 179,421 180,972 180,775 177,566 178,923 183,701 185,480 185,988 181,062
Unemployment 11,402 11,367 10,885 10,205 9,477 10,425 9,472 9,258 9,704 9,284 9,920 10,763 10,180
Unemployment Rate 5.9% 5.9% 5.7% 5.4% 5.0% 5.4% 5.0% 5.0% 5.1% 4.8% 5.1% 5.5% 5.3%
                         

2006
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 190,370 190,230 189,375 189,021 188,911 189,675 187,948 186,391 188,071 192,431 193,685 195,717 190,152
Employment 178,098 177,228 177,336 177,648 178,377 178,946 177,814 176,669 178,124 183,158 183,783 185,356 179,378
Unemployment 12,272 13,002 12,039 11,373 10,534 10,729 10,134 9,722 9,947 9,273 9,902 10,361 10,774
Unemployment Rate 6.4% 6.8% 6.4% 6.0% 5.6% 5.7% 5.4% 5.2% 5.3% 4.8% 5.1% 5.3% 5.7%
                         

2005
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 185,635 185,327 184,032 184,172 183,348 184,383 182,982 181,105 184,712 188,675 190,888 192,315 185,631
Employment 173,411 172,484 172,301 173,113 173,128 173,477 172,986 171,481 174,232 178,682 179,627 180,977 174,658
Unemployment 12,224 12,843 11,731 11,059 10,220 10,906 9,996 9,624 10,480 9,993 11,261 11,338 10,973
Unemployment Rate 6.6% 6.9% 6.4% 6.0% 5.6% 5.9% 5.5% 5.3% 5.7% 5.3% 5.9% 5.9% 5.9%
                         

2004
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 183,370 182,888 182,257 180,947 180,366 182,032 179,647 178,612 179,888 183,979 187,025 188,283 182,441
Employment 170,232 169,594 169,277 168,843 169,263 169,849 168,967 168,235 169,407 173,765 176,049 176,960 170,870
Unemployment 13,138 13,294 12,980 12,104 11,103 12,183 10,680 10,377 10,481 10,214 10,976 11,323 11,571
Unemployment Rate 7.2% 7.3% 7.1% 6.7% 6.2% 6.7% 5.9% 5.8% 5.8% 5.6% 5.9% 6.0% 6.3%
                         

2003
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 182,527 181,046 179,900 180,285 179,202 182,401 177,655 176,944 178,307 181,914 184,965 185,958 180,925
Employment 169,489 167,420 167,076 167,833 167,498 169,100 166,198 165,769 167,244 171,521 173,482 174,210 168,903
Unemployment 13,038 13,626 12,824 12,452 11,704 13,301 11,457 11,175 11,063 10,393 11,483 11,748 12,022
Unemployment Rate 7.1% 7.5% 7.1% 6.9% 6.5% 7.3% 6.4% 6.3% 6.2% 5.7% 6.2% 6.3% 6.6%
                         

2002
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 176,442 175,288 174,999 174,318 174,169 178,695 174,197 173,608 175,142 177,905 179,861 181,261 176,324
Employment 165,515 164,072 163,621 163,215 164,180 167,462 164,014 163,411 165,058 168,095 169,092 169,485 165,602
Unemployment 10,927 11,216 11,378 11,103 9,989 11,233 10,183 10,197 10,084 9,810 10,769 11,776 10,722
Unemployment Rate 6.2% 6.4% 6.5% 6.4% 5.7% 6.3% 5.8% 5.9% 5.8% 5.5% 6.0% 6.5% 6.1%
                         

2001
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 174,603 171,623 171,493 171,463 170,867 173,463 169,196 167,811 169,282 172,446 174,679 176,403 171,945
Employment 164,238 161,446 161,544 162,359 162,721 164,290 161,130 159,531 161,456 164,428 166,100 167,196 163,037
Unemployment 10,365 10,177 9,949 9,104 8,146 9,173 8,066 8,280 7,826 8,018 8,579 9,207 8,908
Unemployment Rate 5.9% 5.9% 5.8% 5.3% 4.8% 5.3% 4.8% 4.9% 4.6% 4.6% 4.9% 5.2% 5.2%
                         

2000
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 171,909 170,469 170,474 169,854 168,595 169,309 166,565 165,164 165,366 169,316 171,139 173,155 169,276
Employment 161,991 160,099 160,286 160,491 159,622 159,792 158,457 156,894 157,579 161,475 162,732 164,385 160,317
Unemployment 9,918 10,370 10,188 9,363 8,973 9,517 8,108 8,270 7,787 7,841 8,407 8,770 8,959
Unemployment Rate 5.8% 6.1% 6.0% 5.5% 5.3% 5.6% 4.9% 5.0% 4.7% 4.6% 4.9% 5.1% 5.3%
                         

1999
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 172,360 170,571 169,776 168,332 169,348 172,056 170,600 169,769 168,428 172,378 174,776 176,121 171,209
Employment 162,955 160,369 160,253 159,575 161,142 162,984 162,469 162,148 160,954 164,628 166,824 167,984 162,690
Unemployment 9,405 10,202 9,523 8,757 8,206 9,072 8,131 7,621 7,474 7,750 7,952 8,137 8,519
Unemployment Rate 5.5% 6.0% 5.6% 5.2% 4.8% 5.3% 4.8% 4.5% 4.4% 4.5% 4.5% 4.6% 5.0%
                         

1998
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 167,786 165,956 166,596 165,828 167,378 169,294 167,857 166,748 166,769 170,202 171,815 173,532 168,314
Employment 158,579 156,757 157,306 157,888 159,660 160,429 160,209 159,570 159,344 162,577 164,161 165,737 160,185
Unemployment 9,207 9,199 9,290 7,940 7,718 8,865 7,648 7,178 7,425 7,625 7,654 7,795 8,129
Unemployment Rate 5.5% 5.5% 5.6% 4.8% 4.6% 5.2% 4.6% 4.3% 4.5% 4.5% 4.5% 4.5% 4.8%
                         

1997
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 165,844 163,900 164,137 162,225 163,624 164,568 164,194 164,027 163,293 166,558 169,211 169,929 165,126
Employment 154,801 152,335 152,324 151,961 154,195 154,477 155,065 155,185 154,368 158,015 160,602 161,683 155,418
Unemployment 11,043 11,565 11,813 10,264 9,429 10,091 9,129 8,842 8,925 8,543 8,609 8,246 9,708
Unemployment Rate 6.7% 7.1% 7.2% 6.3% 5.8% 6.1% 5.6% 5.4% 5.5% 5.1% 5.1% 4.9% 5.9%
                         

1996
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 162,720 160,068 160,074 158,591 158,931 161,271 160,550 159,326 159,939 163,839 166,056 167,379 161,562
Employment 151,407 149,067 149,156 148,387 149,225 151,513 151,114 150,826 151,136 154,980 156,277 158,023 151,759
Unemployment 11,313 11,001 10,918 10,204 9,706 9,758 9,436 8,500 8,803 8,859 9,779 9,356 9,803
Unemployment Rate 7.0% 6.9% 6.8% 6.4% 6.1% 6.1% 5.9% 5.3% 5.5% 5.4% 5.9% 5.6% 6.1%
                         

1995
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 161,142 158,319 158,391 157,535 157,603 158,363 157,975 156,741 156,560 160,730 162,511 163,622 159,124
Employment 150,952 148,032 148,363 147,988 148,481 148,979 149,233 148,396 148,029 151,737 153,166 154,268 149,802
Unemployment 10,190 10,287 10,028 9,547 9,122 9,384 8,742 8,345 8,531 8,993 9,345 9,354 9,322
Unemployment Rate 6.3% 6.5% 6.3% 6.1% 5.8% 5.9% 5.5% 5.3% 5.4% 5.6% 5.8% 5.7% 5.9%
                         

1994
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 159,068 156,806 156,053 156,831 158,324 158,136 157,332 156,640 156,377 159,905 160,815 162,872 158,264
Employment 148,085 145,416 145,229 146,428 148,506 147,710 147,652 147,701 147,659 150,899 151,994 154,104 148,449
Unemployment 10,983 11,390 10,824 10,403 9,818 10,426 9,680 8,939 8,718 9,006 8,821 8,768 9,815
Unemployment Rate 6.9% 7.3% 6.9% 6.6% 6.2% 6.6% 6.2% 5.7% 5.6% 5.6% 5.5% 5.4% 6.2%
                         

1993
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 153,345 151,814 150,696 149,956 153,526 155,398 154,517 153,465 152,609 156,172 158,285 159,084 154,073
Employment 141,928 139,988 139,305 139,496 143,140 144,217 144,506 144,310 143,881 146,822 149,008 150,040 143,887
Unemployment 11,417 11,826 11,391 10,460 10,386 11,181 10,011 9,155 8,728 9,350 9,277 9,044 10,186
Unemployment Rate 7.4% 7.8% 7.6% 7.0% 6.8% 7.2% 6.5% 6.0% 5.7% 6.0% 5.9% 5.7% 6.6%
                         

1992
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 148,982 147,743 147,048 145,773 148,053 150,864 151,480 150,374 149,300 151,305 152,481 152,887 149,691
Employment 136,161 134,396 133,854 133,608 135,706 137,780 139,751 139,354 138,149 140,450 141,562 142,406 137,765
Unemployment 12,821 13,347 13,194 12,165 12,347 13,084 11,729 11,020 11,151 10,855 10,919 10,481 11,926
Unemployment Rate 8.6% 9.0% 9.0% 8.3% 8.3% 8.7% 7.7% 7.3% 7.5% 7.2% 7.2% 6.9% 8.0%
                         

1991
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 141,242 141,496 141,702 140,413 142,333 146,486 146,040 144,777 144,726 148,106 148,363 148,924 144,550
Employment 131,971 131,118 131,435 130,639 131,826 135,614 135,794 134,834 134,108 137,187 137,111 137,507 134,095
Unemployment 9,271 10,378 10,267 9,774 10,507 10,872 10,246 9,943 10,618 10,919 11,252 11,417 10,455
Unemployment Rate 6.6% 7.3% 7.2% 7.0% 7.4% 7.4% 7.0% 6.9% 7.3% 7.4% 7.6% 7.7% 7.2%
                         

1990
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Labor Force 140,840 139,613 139,601 137,575 139,782 141,815 141,928 140,887 139,999 142,337 142,629 142,731 140,812
Employment 131,449 130,335 130,745 128,753 130,843 133,411 134,078 133,156 132,165 134,785 134,787 134,745 132,438
Unemployment 9,391 9,278 8,856 8,822 8,939 8,404 7,850 7,731 7,834 7,552 7,842 7,986 8,374
Unemployment Rate 6.7% 6.6% 6.3% 6.4% 6.4% 5.9% 5.5% 5.5% 5.6% 5.3% 5.5% 5.6% 5.9%

A change in the way the labor force statistics are calculated for boroughs and census areas makes data prior to 2000 not comparable with later data.

Definitions:

  • Labor Force: Includes all of the civilian noninstitutional population classified as employed or unemployed. (See the definitions below.)
  • Employed: During the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), includes those who (a) worked as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family; or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, child care problems, family leave, labor-management dispute job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person was counted only once, even if that person held more than one job.
  • Unemployed: Includes all who were not employed during the reference week but were available for work except for temporary illness, and had tried to find employment some time during the four-week period ending with the reference week. Those who were not looking for work but were waiting to be called back to a job from which they had been laid off also qualified as unemployed.
  • Unemployment Rate: The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percent of the labor force.