A ferry system study by the McDowell Group on the economic benefits of the Alaska Marine Highway System also found that 51 ferry system employees were living in Haines in 2014, making the town Alaska’s third-highest for ferry employment, behind Ketchikan (318) and Juneau (297).
The municipality also ranks third in the state behind those cities in terms of a destination for ferry pay and benefits, with more than $5 million in 2014, or 5…