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
2019 Kenai Peninsula Borough 1,805 54.3% 19,072,634 51.1% 269 5,790
2019 Kusilvak Census Area 587 5.3% 3,773,076 14.8% 108 4,856
2019 Bethel Census Area 1 0.0% 0.0% 0
2019 Yakutat Borough 60 33.3% 1,494,574 25.2% 18 8,740
2019 Wrangell City and Borough 173 83.2% 2,554,170 64.5% 25 7,155
2019 Skagway Municipality 4 25.0% 0.0% 2
2019 Sitka City and Borough 1,074 72.3% 19,219,910 57.6% 196 7,838
2019 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 275 69.5% 2,926,971 63.0% 30 6,986
2019 Petersburg Borough 633 70.9% 11,171,725 54.4% 193 8,489
2019 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 857 75.3% 12,499,286 68.5% 292 7,640
2019 Juneau City and Borough 540 49.4% 6,893,852 42.2% 58 5,827
2019 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 43 34.9% 471,488 20.4% 13 5,239
2019 Haines Borough 281 88.6% 3,294,033 86.2% 115 7,099
2019 Valdez-Cordova Census Area 2,551 81.3% 31,250,358 73.0% 334 7,029
2019 Aleutians East Borough 3,900 89.7% 91,431,413 83.2% 984 8,883
2019 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 4 75.0% 0.0% 0
2019 Northwest Arctic Borough 18 33.3% 154,864 68.2% 3 8,151
2019 Nome Census Area 360 5.8% 5,447,105 2.6% 86 7,065
2019 Fairbanks North Star Borough 21 0.0% 172,036 0.0% 4 3,584
2019 Marine/Offshore 3,076 95.5% 74,594,422 95.7% 485 11,590
2019 Kodiak Island Borough 2,245 44.9% 46,963,213 30.1% 1,078 7,488
2019 Lake & Peninsula Borough 421 95.5% 4,480,308 89.4% 57 6,428
2019 Dillingham Census Area 1,574 86.6% 13,481,612 85.6% 142 5,541
2019 Bristol Bay Borough 4,233 89.4% 40,769,564 90.8% 420 6,655
2019 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 32 21.9% 141,185 19.5% 5 2,521
2019 Anchorage Municipality 450 18.9% 8,433,531 10.6% 100 8,924
2019 Aleutians West Census Area 2,749 67.5% 73,062,128 57.4% 983 9,120

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.

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