Though several industries in Alaska are shedding jobs, the ones that are hiring share a common problem: Not enough applicants.
“Our working-age population has had a pretty significant and consistent decline over the past decade,” said Dan Robinson, chief of research and analysis at the Alaska Department of Labor.
The working-age population (ages 15 to 64) dropped from 478,00 in 2015 to 449,200 in 2024, he reported at the Resource Development Council’s annual conference in…
