Seafood Processing Workforce by Borough or Census Area

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Year Borough or Census Area Processing Workers Percent Workers Nonresident Processing Wages Percent Wages Nonresident Worked for 5+ Years in Processing Average Quarterly Wage
2011 Valdez-Cordova Census Area 1,778 85.4% 18,301,210 67.5% 380 6,056
2011 Kusilvak Census Area 414 5.8% 1,787,555 16.4% 20 3,120
2011 Bethel Census Area 248 20.2% 1,655,134 27.1% 16 3,484
2011 Yakutat Borough 88 42.0% 1,336,368 28.3% 27 6,394
2011 Wrangell City and Borough 533 80.9% 3,961,570 67.3% 0 4,688
2011 Skagway Municipality 8 37.5% 45,840 0.0% 0 3,820
2011 Sitka City and Borough 864 70.1% 12,921,260 53.3% 125 7,646
2011 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 546 58.1% 4,206,310 58.5% 0 4,508
2011 Petersburg Borough 1,087 76.5% 11,346,116 59.8% 1 6,428
2011 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 1,257 80.8% 13,596,985 60.7% 358 6,095
2011 Juneau City and Borough 489 71.6% 4,489,151 61.0% 54 5,370
2011 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 66 37.9% 476,096 22.0% 0 4,035
2011 Haines Borough 448 92.9% 3,769,791 91.4% 97 5,909
2011 Aleutians East Borough 3,606 89.5% 64,246,388 84.3% 1,093 6,833
2011 Kenai Peninsula Borough 1,947 55.9% 14,935,494 51.9% 257 4,419
2011 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 34 20.6% 68,317 54.7% 1 2,009
2011 Nome Census Area 317 6.3% 3,136,450 6.9% 51 5,125
2011 Fairbanks North Star Borough 31 3.2% 177,391 0.0% 5 2,957
2011 Marine/Offshore 2,171 96.4% 46,401,163 94.4% 240 9,404
2011 Kodiak Island Borough 3,228 47.6% 47,707,696 30.2% 1,029 5,631
2011 Lake & Peninsula Borough 377 92.8% 3,003,175 87.6% 36 5,593
2011 Dillingham Census Area 1,112 85.6% 6,444,664 82.5% 68 4,340
2011 Bristol Bay Borough 3,110 87.9% 20,104,382 90.5% 311 4,535
2011 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 16 18.8% 36,873 0.0% 0 1,475
2011 Anchorage Municipality 680 56.9% 7,140,985 37.1% 71 5,570
2011 Aleutians West Census Area 3,340 66.7% 62,035,705 52.9% 1,185 6,328

Note: Workers are being counted in any borough or census area where they worked in 2020. Therefore, the number of processing workers in each borough or census area will not sum to the total since some workers work in more than one borough or census area during any given year.

* ND, Non disclosed

Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section.