# Counties in Alaska by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 30 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, 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.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/alaska-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | North Slope Borough | 2,639 |
| 2 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 1,833 |
| 3 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 1,762 |
| 4 | Aleutians West Census Area | 1,567 |
| 5 | Nome Census Area | 1,542 |
| 6 | Chugach Census Area | 1,509 |
| 7 | Anchorage Municipality | 1,500 |
| 8 | Bristol Bay Borough | 1,458 |
| 9 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 1,390 |
| 10 | Juneau City and Borough | 1,386 |
| 11 | Aleutians East Borough | 1,385 |
| 12 | Dillingham Census Area | 1,365 |
| 13 | Denali Borough | 1,325 |
| 14 | Yakutat City and Borough | 1,277 |
| 15 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 1,272 |
| 16 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 1,270 |
| 16 | Sitka City and Borough | 1,270 |
| 18 | Kodiak Island Borough | 1,203 |
| 19 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 1,177 |
| 20 | Wrangell City and Borough | 1,160 |
| 21 | Copper River Census Area | 1,126 |
| 21 | Haines Borough | 1,126 |
| 23 | Petersburg Borough | 1,124 |
| 23 | Skagway Municipality | 1,124 |
| 25 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 1,103 |
| 26 | Bethel Census Area | 1,088 |
| 27 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 1,077 |
| 28 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 999 |
| 29 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 996 |
| 30 | Kusilvak Census Area | 863 |