The Big Alaskan 3: employment trends in oil, fishing and tourism (June 2005--May 2007).

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Author: Woolam, Cami
• Date: 01 August 2007

Employment in the three industries commonly associated with Alaska--oil/gas, fish, and tourism--has followed a clear movement over the past two years.

The leisure & hospitality industry, presented here as a measure of tourism employment in general, tends to hit a peak number in July and August to accomodate summer tourists. There is a slight increase in employment in this sector in December as well, potentially in response to holiday visitors.

The seafood processing industry has two major surges during the course of the year--one in July, in response to the height of the fishing season, and a much smaller peak in February and March for the crab season. Employment in 2005 fishing season was lower than the 2006 fishing season. Employment in the 2006 crab season, however, was higher than the 2007 crab season.

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Oil and gas employment followed a smoothly increasing trend, with an average increase of just more than 100 jobs every month.

Source: State of Alaska--Department of Labor and Workforce Development, http://almis.labor.state.ak.us/

ALASKA TRENDS FOR JULY 2007 SPONSORED BY AMERICAN FAST FREIGHT Indicator Units Period GENERAL Personal Income--Alaska Millions of $ 4th Q06 Personal Income--US Millions of $ 4th Q06 Consumer Prices--Anchorage 1982-1984 = 100 2nd H06 Consumer Prices--US 1982-1984 = 100 2nd H06 Bankruptcies Alaska Total Number Filed April Alaska Business Only Number Filed April Anchorage Total Number Filed April Anchorage Business Only Number Filed April Fairbanks Total Number Filed April Fairbanks Business Only Number Filed April EMPLOYMENT Alaska Thousands April Anchorage Thousands April Fairbanks Thousands April Southeast Thousands April Gulf Coast Thousands April Sectoral Distribution--Alaska Total Nonfarm Wage & Salary Thousands April Goods-Producing Thousands April Service-Providing Thousands April Natural Resources & Mining Thousands April Logging Thousands April Mining Thousands April Oil & Gas Extraction Thousands April Construction Thousands April Manufacturing Thousands April Wood Products Manufacturing Thousands April Seafood Processing Thousands April Trade/Transportation/Utilities Thousands April Wholesale Trade Thousands April Retail Trade Thousands April Food & Beverage Stores Thousands April General Merchandise Stores Thousands April Trans/Warehouse/Utilities Thousands April Air Transportation Thousands April Truck Transportation Thousands April Information Thousands April Telecommunications...