Historians (19-3093)

Occupation description:  Research, analyze, record, and interpret the past as recorded in sources, such as government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.

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

2019 Wages

Labor Force Indicators

2016 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
17	2	11.8	52.9	47.1

2016 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation	5
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	2
UI claimants previously working in occupation	1

2016 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants	15
Number of job position postings	2
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	7.5

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