Counties in Alaska by wages and salaries paid

Anchorage Municipality had the highest wages and salaries paid of 30 counties in 2022, at $11.51 billion. Yakutat City and Borough had the lowest, at $22.35 million. The median was $203.82 million and the figure for Alaska was $24.13 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Highest11,511.3Anchorage Municipality
Median203.830 counties
Alaska24,132.1History

Map of counties, 2022

Aleutians East Borough: 167.8 USD millionAleutians West Census Area: 262.9 USD millionAnchorage Municipality: 11,511.3 USD millionBethel Census Area: 364.5 USD millionBristol Bay Borough: 94.9 USD millionChugach Census Area: 280.6 USD millionCopper River Census Area: 61.1 USD millionDenali Borough: 130.9 USD millionDillingham Census Area: 132.9 USD millionFairbanks North Star Borough: 3,088.6 USD millionHaines Borough: 46 USD millionHoonah-Angoon Census Area: 47.4 USD millionJuneau City and Borough: 1,228 USD millionKenai Peninsula Borough: 1,331.5 USD millionKetchikan Gateway Borough: 458.4 USD millionKodiak Island Borough: 406.7 USD millionKusilvak Census Area: 86.6 USD millionLake and Peninsula Borough: 44.3 USD millionMatanuska-Susitna Borough: 1,647.3 USD millionNome Census Area: 285 USD millionNorth Slope Borough: 1,280.7 USD millionNorthwest Arctic Borough: 239.8 USD millionPetersburg Borough: 70.3 USD millionPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 114.3 USD millionSitka City and Borough: 281.1 USD millionSkagway Municipality: 43.5 USD millionSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area: 248.5 USD millionWrangell City and Borough: 38.8 USD millionYakutat City and Borough: 22.3 USD millionYukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 114.2 USD million
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USD million, 2022. Source: BEA, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

Anchorage Municipality: 11,511.3 USD millionAnchorage Municipality11,511.3Fairbanks North Star Borough: 3,088.6 USD millionFairbanks North Star Borough3,088.6Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 1,647.3 USD millionMatanuska-Susitna Borough1,647.3Kenai Peninsula Borough: 1,331.5 USD millionKenai Peninsula Borough1,331.5North Slope Borough: 1,280.7 USD millionNorth Slope Borough1,280.7Juneau City and Borough: 1,228 USD millionJuneau City and Borough1,228Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 458.4 USD millionKetchikan Gateway Borough458.4Kodiak Island Borough: 406.7 USD millionKodiak Island Borough406.7Bethel Census Area: 364.5 USD millionBethel Census Area364.5Nome Census Area: 285 USD millionNome Census Area285Sitka City and Borough: 281.1 USD millionSitka City and Borough281.1Chugach Census Area: 280.6 USD millionChugach Census Area280.6Aleutians West Census Area: 262.9 USD millionAleutians West Census Area262.9Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 248.5 USD millionSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area248.5Northwest Arctic Borough: 239.8 USD millionNorthwest Arctic Borough239.8Aleutians East Borough: 167.8 USD millionAleutians East Borough167.8Dillingham Census Area: 132.9 USD millionDillingham Census Area132.9Denali Borough: 130.9 USD millionDenali Borough130.9Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 114.3 USD millionPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area114.3Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 114.2 USD millionYukon-Koyukuk Census Area114.2Bristol Bay Borough: 94.9 USD millionBristol Bay Borough94.9Kusilvak Census Area: 86.6 USD millionKusilvak Census Area86.6Petersburg Borough: 70.3 USD millionPetersburg Borough70.3Copper River Census Area: 61.1 USD millionCopper River Census Area61.1Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 47.4 USD millionHoonah-Angoon Census Area47.4Haines Borough: 46 USD millionHaines Borough46Lake and Peninsula Borough: 44.3 USD millionLake and Peninsula Borough44.3Skagway Municipality: 43.5 USD millionSkagway Municipality43.5Wrangell City and Borough: 38.8 USD millionWrangell City and Borough38.8Yakutat City and Borough: 22.3 USD millionYakutat City and Borough22.3Anchorage Municipality: 11,511.3 USD millionAnchorage Municipality11,511.3Fairbanks North Star Borough: 3,088.6 USD millionFairbanks North Star Borough3,088.6Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 1,647.3 USD millionMatanuska-Susitna Borough1,647.3Kenai Peninsula Borough: 1,331.5 USD millionKenai Peninsula Borough1,331.5North Slope Borough: 1,280.7 USD millionNorth Slope Borough1,280.7Juneau City and Borough: 1,228 USD millionJuneau City and Borough1,228Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 458.4 USD millionKetchikan Gateway Borough458.4Kodiak Island Borough: 406.7 USD millionKodiak Island Borough406.7Bethel Census Area: 364.5 USD millionBethel Census Area364.5Nome Census Area: 285 USD millionNome Census Area285Sitka City and Borough: 281.1 USD millionSitka City and Borough281.1Chugach Census Area: 280.6 USD millionChugach Census Area280.6Aleutians West Census Area: 262.9 USD millionAleutians West Census Area262.9Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 248.5 USD millionSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area248.5Northwest Arctic Borough: 239.8 USD millionNorthwest Arctic Borough239.8Aleutians East Borough: 167.8 USD millionAleutians East Borough167.8Dillingham Census Area: 132.9 USD millionDillingham Census Area132.9Denali Borough: 130.9 USD millionDenali Borough130.9Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 114.3 USD millionPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area114.3Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 114.2 USD millionYukon-Koyukuk Census Area114.2Bristol Bay Borough: 94.9 USD millionBristol Bay Borough94.9Kusilvak Census Area: 86.6 USD millionKusilvak Census Area86.6Petersburg Borough: 70.3 USD millionPetersburg Borough70.3Copper River Census Area: 61.1 USD millionCopper River Census Area61.1Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 47.4 USD millionHoonah-Angoon Census Area47.4Haines Borough: 46 USD millionHaines Borough46Lake and Peninsula Borough: 44.3 USD millionLake and Peninsula Borough44.3Skagway Municipality: 43.5 USD millionSkagway Municipality43.5Wrangell City and Borough: 38.8 USD millionWrangell City and Borough38.8Yakutat City and Borough: 22.3 USD millionYakutat City and Borough22.3
USD million. Source: BEA, 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.

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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. Equal values share a rank.

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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.

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Which county has the highest wages and salaries paid?

Anchorage Municipality, with $11.51 billion in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest wages and salaries paid?

Yakutat City and Borough, with $22.35 million in 2022.

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