Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)

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- Industry-related Trends
  - Alaska Economic Trends articles highlighting various Alaska industries.
- Monthly Employment
  - Most current monthly and annual average employment estimates by industry for Alaska, the Municipality of Anchorage, Fairbanks North Star Borough, and the six economic regions.
- Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages (QCEW)
  - Monthly, quarterly, and annual average employment by industry for Alaska and boroughs/census areas.
- Seafood Industry
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- Alaska Occupations Information
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- Occupational Projections
  - Occupational projections look at individual occupations and project their growth over 10 years.
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- Consumer Price Index (CPI)
  - CPI for Anchorage and the U.S. from 1960 to the present. CPI is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for goods and services.
- Cost of Living (Trends article)
  - The most current cost-of-living article published in Alaska Economic Trends. This annual article pulls together various data for Alaska and some of its boroughs/census areas.
- Housing Market Information
  - Rental prices, vacancy rates, loan volume, sales prices, foreclosure data, and other housing market information for select Alaska communities.
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Publications
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- Alaska Economic Trends
  - Trends is a monthly publication with articles on Alaska's economy, population, cost of living, occupations, industries, and more. Online versions are available from 1978 to present.
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Scheduled Release Dates

First quarter (Jan – Mar) will be released in September of the same year.
Second quarter (Apr – Jun) will be released in December of the same year.
Third quarter (Jul – Sep) will be released in March the following year.
Annual data with all four quarters will be released in June the following year.

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Phone: 907.465.2716

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Current Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)

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