Big Alaska Government.

• Author: Steffens, Michelle
• Position: Alaska Trends

The government sector represents a significant portion of total Alaska employment. Of 304,800 non-farm wage and salary employed Alaskans in January 2009, 82,200 individuals worked in government positions. Government thus supplied 27 percent of all non-farm wage and salary Alaska jobs.

Regarding distribution of government employees, 16,100 individuals worked federal positions, 24,700 worked for the state and 41,400 worked at the local level. Respectively, these sectors account for 5 percent, 8 percent and 14 percent of total Alaska employment. Within the sector, federal employees...