Which counties in Alaska are adding jobs fastest?

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area (+39.8%), Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (+29.8%) and Matanuska-Susitna Borough (+29.2%) added private-sector jobs fastest in Alaska between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated November 5, 2026

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Alaska counties ranked by private-sector job growth
Rank	County	Change 2018–23	Private jobs 2023	Residents
1	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	+39.8%	1,738	7,270
2	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	+29.8%	357	2,271
3	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	+29.2%	23,971	118,666
4	Aleutians West Census Area	+20.8%	3,897	5,240
5	Haines Borough	+17.7%	659	2,068
6	Denali Borough	+14.9%	818	1,616
7	Skagway Municipality	+14.0%	441	1,104
8	Kenai Peninsula Borough	+7.6%	15,786	61,951
9	Petersburg Borough	+7.5%	912	3,394
10	Sitka City and Borough	+6.3%	3,174	8,319
11	Lake and Peninsula Borough	+5.9%	252	1,357
12	Dillingham Census Area	+4.2%	1,289	4,483
13	Juneau City and Borough	+3.2%	11,307	31,609
14	Nome Census Area	+2.3%	2,167	9,830
15	North Slope Borough	+0.3%	4,324	10,582
16	Anchorage Municipality	−0.9%	141,432	287,155
17	Fairbanks North Star Borough	−2.2%	26,009	93,972
18	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	−2.5%	4,681	13,549
19	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	−3.6%	991	5,777
20	Northwest Arctic Borough	−5.0%	1,766	7,095
21	Aleutians East Borough	−8.5%	1,986	3,479
22	Kusilvak Census Area	−14.0%	629	7,932
23	Bethel Census Area	−14.8%	2,523	18,391
24	Kodiak Island Borough	−18.7%	4,489	12,387
25	Wrangell City and Borough	−24.0%	436	2,007
26	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	−33.0%	268	5,028

4 of 30 Alaska counties are not ranked on this measure.

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.

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Which county in Alaska has the fastest job growth?

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: +39.8%, ahead of Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (+29.8%) and Matanuska-Susitna Borough (+29.2%), of 26 Alaska counties ranked.

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