Alaska-related jobs in Puget Sound by sector in 2013.

• Author: Miller, Amy
• Position: ALASKA TRENDS - Statistical data

Alaska-Related Jobs in Puget Sound By Sector in 2013 Cruise Ship Related 3,400 All Other 4,000 Finance, Insurance, Real Estate 4,200 Manufacturing 8,300 Transportation 11,900 Petroleum Refining 12,000 Trade 19,100 Seafood Industry 23,900 Services 26,500 Alaska-Puget Sound Cargo and Freight Activity

Accounted for 5,500 jobs and $450 million in labor earnings in 2013.

Alaska supplies nearly half (46 percent) of all crude oil refined in Puget Sound. Puget Sound's five refineries receive 265,000 barrels of Alaska crude oil per day.

An estimated 12,000 Puget Sound jobs and $780 million in labor earnings are connected with refining Alaska oil.

Puget Sound hosts more than 430,000 Alaska cruise passengers annually. Virtually all of these passengers transit the area twice (once before embarking and again after disembarking). Almost half (45 percent) of all Alaska cruise passengers begin and end their cruise in Seattle.

More than 14,000 ferry passengers, and nearly 6,000 vehicles, travel from Bellingham to Alaska annually; an equivalent number travel the same route south.

More than 1 million air passengers embark on planes bound for Alaska communities at the Sea-Tac Airport on an annual basis (with an equivalent number disembarking).

ALASKA TRENDS Indicator Units Period GENERAL Personal Income--Alaska US $ 4thQ14 Personal Income--United States US $ 4thQ14 Consumer Prices--Anchorage 1982-1984 = 100 2ndH14 Consumer Prices--United States 1982-1984 = 100 2ndH14 Bankruptcies Alaska Total Number Filed March Anchorage Total Number Filed March Fairbanks Total Number Filed March EMPLOYMENT Alaska Thousands March Anchorage & Mat-Su Thousands March Fairbanks Thousands March Southeast Thousands March Gulf Coast Thousands March Sectorial Distribution--Alaska Total Nonfarm Thousands March Goods Producing Thousands March Services Providing Thousands March Mining and Logging Thousands March Mining Thousands March Oil & Gas Thousands March Construction Thousands March Manufacturing Thousands March Seafood Processing Thousands March Trade/Transportation/Utilities Thousands March Wholesale Trade Thousands March Retail Trade Thousands March Food & Beverage Stores Thousands March General Merchandise Stores Thousands March Trans/Warehouse/Utilities Thousands March Air Transportation Thousands March Information Thousands March Telecommunications Thousands March Financial Activities Thousands March Professional & Business Svcs Thousands March Educational & Health Services...