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Covered employment (QCEW) in Anchorage Municipality

Covered employment (QCEW) in Anchorage Municipality was 148,620 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.9% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 30 counties in 2025.

2025, jobs148,620
Change on 2024+0.9%
Rank1st of 30Counties in Alaska ranked
Series high153,8112015
Series low133,8422001

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Covered employment (QCEW) in Anchorage Municipality, 2001 to 2025

130K135K140K145K150K155K20012005200920132017202120252001: 133,842 jobs2002: 136,569 jobs2003: 139,165 jobs2004: 140,439 jobs2005: 143,025 jobs2006: 144,931 jobs2007: 145,892 jobs2008: 147,933 jobs2009: 147,171 jobs2010: 148,252 jobs2011: 150,741 jobs2012: 153,363 jobs2013: 153,467 jobs2014: 152,814 jobs2015: 153,811 jobs2016: 151,070 jobs2017: 148,964 jobs2018: 148,160 jobs2019: 147,964 jobs2020: 135,969 jobs2021: 138,754 jobs2022: 141,687 jobs2023: 144,835 jobs2024: 147,256 jobs2025: 148,620 jobs130K135K140K145K150K155K2001201020252001: 133,842 jobs2002: 136,569 jobs2003: 139,165 jobs2004: 140,439 jobs2005: 143,025 jobs2006: 144,931 jobs2007: 145,892 jobs2008: 147,933 jobs2009: 147,171 jobs2010: 148,252 jobs2011: 150,741 jobs2012: 153,363 jobs2013: 153,467 jobs2014: 152,814 jobs2015: 153,811 jobs2016: 151,070 jobs2017: 148,964 jobs2018: 148,160 jobs2019: 147,964 jobs2020: 135,969 jobs2021: 138,754 jobs2022: 141,687 jobs2023: 144,835 jobs2024: 147,256 jobs2025: 148,620 jobs
jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-21.
All 25 values
Periodjobs
2025148,620
2024147,256
2023144,835
2022141,687
2021138,754
2020135,969
2019147,964
2018148,160
2017148,964
2016151,070
2015153,811
2014152,814
2013153,467
2012153,363
2011150,741
2010148,252
2009147,171
2008147,933
2007145,892
2006144,931
2005143,025
2004140,439
2003139,165
2002136,569
2001133,842

Compared with Alaska and United States

Place2025
Anchorage Municipality148,620
Alaska332,544
United States155,732,363

Anchorage Municipality compared with nearby places

Aleutians East Borough: 1,835 jobsAleutians West Census Area: 3,462 jobsAnchorage Municipality: 148,620 jobsBethel Census Area: 6,225 jobsBristol Bay Borough: 1,196 jobsChugach Census Area: 3,615 jobsCopper River Census Area: 1,091 jobsDenali Borough: 2,058 jobsDillingham Census Area: 2,027 jobsFairbanks North Star Borough: 37,074 jobsHaines Borough: 1,055 jobsHoonah-Angoon Census Area: 1,030 jobsJuneau City and Borough: 17,756 jobsKenai Peninsula Borough: 21,722 jobsKetchikan Gateway Borough: 7,211 jobsKodiak Island Borough: 5,713 jobsKusilvak Census Area: 2,032 jobsLake and Peninsula Borough: 817 jobsMatanuska-Susitna Borough: 29,978 jobsNome Census Area: 3,874 jobsNorth Slope Borough: 12,694 jobsNorthwest Arctic Borough: 3,010 jobsPetersburg Borough: 1,300 jobsPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 2,131 jobsSitka City and Borough: 4,464 jobsSkagway Municipality: 949 jobsSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area: 3,093 jobsWrangell City and Borough: 796 jobsYakutat City and Borough: 313 jobsYukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 2,306 jobs
  • Under 1,000
  • 1,000 to 2,000
  • 2,000 to 3,000
  • 3,000 to 4,000
  • 4,000 to 14K
  • 14K and over
Covered employment (QCEW), 2025, jobs. Anchorage Municipality is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Covered employment (QCEW), Anchorage Municipality, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Anchorage Municipality, 2001 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/anchorage-municipality-alaska. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Covered employment (QCEW), Anchorage Municipality, 2001 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/anchorage-municipality-alaska.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Anchorage Municipality, 2001 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/anchorage-municipality-alaska (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the covered employment (QCEW) in Anchorage Municipality?

Covered employment (QCEW) in Anchorage Municipality was 148,620 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.9% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 30 counties in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest covered employment (QCEW) in Anchorage Municipality?

153,811 jobs in 2015, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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