Counties in Alaska by wages and salaries paid
Anchorage Municipality had the highest wages and salaries paid of 28 counties in 2017, at $9.96 billion. Yakutat City and Borough had the lowest, at $11.41 million. The median was $160.05 million and the figure for Alaska was $20.4 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Map of counties, 2017
- Under 50
- 50 to 110
- 110 to 210
- 210 to 770
- 770 and over
- No data
All counties, 2017
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2017 | Change on 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anchorage Municipality | 9,955.2 | -0.4% |
| 2 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 2,587.5 | -0.2% |
| 3 | North Slope Borough | 1,311.3 | -9.4% |
| 4 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 1,101.5 | -0.5% |
| 5 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 1,041.7 | -0.6% |
| 6 | Juneau City and Borough | 1,022.5 | -0.4% |
| 7 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 390.6 | +1.9% |
| 8 | Kodiak Island Borough | 364.2 | +3.6% |
| 9 | Bethel Census Area | 323.4 | +2.2% |
| 10 | Aleutians West Census Area | 220.5 | -4.6% |
| 11 | Sitka City and Borough | 216.8 | +1.5% |
| 12 | Nome Census Area | 208.8 | +4.6% |
| 13 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 202.9 | +3.9% |
| 14 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 176.4 | -0.5% |
| 15 | Aleutians East Borough | 143.7 | +3.8% |
| 16 | Dillingham Census Area | 127.8 | +5.3% |
| 17 | Denali Borough | 114.3 | +5.7% |
| 18 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 98.7 | +5.5% |
| 19 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 87.1 | -6.1% |
| 20 | Kusilvak Census Area | 72.9 | +1.7% |
| 21 | Bristol Bay Borough | 66.3 | -0.6% |
| 22 | Petersburg Borough | 61 | +2.6% |
| 23 | Haines Borough | 41.3 | +6.3% |
| 24 | Skagway Municipality | 40.4 | +2.7% |
| 25 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 37.2 | +3.9% |
| 26 | Wrangell City and Borough | 36.3 | -0.5% |
| 27 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 31.8 | +0.7% |
| 28 | Yakutat City and Borough | 11.4 | -3.2% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
Counted where the jobs are, not where the workers live, so places with many commuters coming in can pay more in wages than their residents receive in personal income (the District of Columbia does). Excludes employer contributions to pensions, insurance and social security, and the income of the self-employed.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (Counties in Alaska by wages and salaries paid, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip
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CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Alaska by wages and salaries paid, 2017. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/alaska-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Counties in Alaska by wages and salaries paid, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/alaska-counties?period=2017.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in Alaska by wages and salaries paid, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/alaska-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which county has the highest wages and salaries paid?
Anchorage Municipality, with $9.96 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Which county has the lowest wages and salaries paid?
Yakutat City and Borough, with $11.41 million in 2017.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.