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
2016 Kenai Peninsula Borough 2,038 59.7% 17,044,024 51.7% 233 4,991
2016 Kusilvak Census Area 635 5.8% 4,495,137 16.6% 97 4,727
2016 Bethel Census Area 1 0.0% ND* 0.0% 0 ND*
2016 Yakutat Borough 90 43.3% 1,549,720 28.2% 22 6,949
2016 Wrangell City and Borough 238 63.0% 2,643,179 48.2% 28 6,384
2016 Skagway Municipality 9 22.2% 104,046 0.0% 1 4,524
2016 Sitka City and Borough 984 71.4% 14,443,965 51.2% 170 7,154
2016 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 382 57.6% 4,140,530 54.6% 45 6,255
2016 Petersburg Borough 894 77.5% 10,537,401 54.7% 174 6,134
2016 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 964 74.4% 11,301,898 62.9% 283 6,507
2016 Juneau City and Borough 552 62.1% 6,352,882 59.2% 77 5,607
2016 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 48 33.3% 498,435 24.2% 11 4,793
2016 Haines Borough 311 89.7% 2,613,642 84.8% 112 5,145
2016 Valdez-Cordova Census Area 1,823 82.9% 15,958,219 62.8% 270 5,461
2016 Aleutians East Borough 3,501 85.8% 84,169,708 81.2% 1,031 8,700
2016 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 51 15.7% 131,580 68.0% 0 2,580
2016 Northwest Arctic Borough 40 27.5% 212,251 53.6% 0 4,717
2016 North Slope Borough 1 100.0% ND* 100.0% 0 ND*
2016 Nome Census Area 364 9.1% 5,245,381 7.2% 63 6,911
2016 Fairbanks North Star Borough 22 18.2% 150,048 0.0% 5 3,193
2016 Marine/Offshore 3,851 96.5% 87,447,128 96.5% 387 10,017
2016 Kodiak Island Borough 2,790 43.6% 49,661,204 31.6% 1,194 6,078
2016 Lake & Peninsula Borough 480 95.2% 4,978,800 94.0% 42 5,769
2016 Dillingham Census Area 1,230 85.4% 10,936,624 89.3% 117 5,474
2016 Bristol Bay Borough 3,777 88.7% 29,784,873 91.3% 343 6,032
2016 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 29 31.0% 213,118 16.1% 1 3,612
2016 Anchorage Municipality 571 23.1% 9,332,753 11.4% 82 7,669
2016 Aleutians West Census Area 3,017 65.9% 70,583,539 54.5% 1,173 7,921

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.