Last year, construction in the Haines Borough employed only about one-third as many people as tourism, but it accounted for onethird again as much in local wages, according to the most recent edition of “Alaska Economic Trends,” a monthly publication of the state Department of Labor.
“The borough’s construction industry accounted for 18.2 percent of total wages – more than any other industry. This is significant considering that construction represented only 7.5 percent of total…