Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs (43-4061)

Occupation description:  Determine eligibility of persons applying to receive assistance from government programs and agency resources, such as welfare, unemployment benefits, social security, and public housing.

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Employment and Job Openings

  Average employment Average annual openings
  2010 estimate2020 projectionPercent change GrowthReplacementTotal
Alaska 9921,061 7.07 2733
United States 125,700129,600 3.1390 3,3503,740

Job outlook

  • Alaska: Alaska’s employment growth is low with very high employment opportunities. Read more.


2012 Wages

  Mean Wage and
95% Confidence Interval
Wage by Percentile
  LowMeanHigh 10thMedian90th
United States n/a19.74n/a 13.1819.4926.85
Alaska 22.8623.6224.38 19.5622.1929.86
Anchorage/Mat-Su Area (MSA) 22.4323.4124.39 19.7521.9129.15
Southeast Region 20.7421.8322.92 17.7321.5427.24
Balance of State 25.5826.5927.60 19.7624.5137.33

Labor Force Indicators

2011 Worker Characteristics
Total workersNonresident workers Percent nonresidentPercent age 45 plusPercent age 50 plus
78317 2.255.8 41.3
2011 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation143
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation43
UI claimants previously working in occupation81
2011 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants 442
Number of job position postings 75
Ratio of registrants to job position postings 5.9

Typical Entry-level Education, Experience, and/or On-the-job Training

Education: Associate degree Work experience: None On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Training Resources

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Rural Development, BA 0
Rural Development, MA 0

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bristol Bay
Rural Development, BA 0

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Chukchi
Rural Development, BA 0

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Interior-Aleutians
Rural Development, BA 0
Tribal Management, AAS 0
Tribal Management, CT2 0

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Kuskokwim
Rural Development, BA 0

 DegreeFY2008–2010 reported exiters
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Northwest
Rural Development, BA 0