Employment Forecast for 2012

Alaska gained jobs for the second consecutive year in 2011 after ripple effects from the national and global recession ended the state's 21-year growth streak in 2009. More growth is forecasted for Alaska in 2012 - a modest increase of 1.2 percent, or 3,900 jobs - but neither the global nor U.S. economies are on clear recovery paths yet, and that will dampen the Alaska outlook in the coming year.