Anchorage Municipality, AK

FIPS 02020 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Anchorage Municipality had an annual average of 147,256 jobs across 8,829 establishments, paying $11.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

147,256

+1.7% YoY

Establishments

8,829

Total Wages

$11.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$74,666

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Anchorage Municipality, AK, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
532 NAICS 532 — — — —
621 NAICS 621 11,766 683 $1,542 $943.6M
722 NAICS 722 11,291 615 $623 $365.7M
541 NAICS 541 9,485 1,354 $2,279 $946.4M
611 NAICS 611 8,762 182 $1,263 $548.2M
622 NAICS 622 7,925 14 $1,970 $673.2M
561 NAICS 561 5,885 592 $1,040 $318.1M
455 NAICS 455 4,537 32 $754 $171.1M
481 NAICS 481 4,192 46 $2,020 $440.3M
624 NAICS 624 4,138 193 $819 $175.7M
238 NAICS 238 3,685 541 $1,636 $313.4M
921 NAICS 921 3,485 17 $2,308 $308.8M
721 NAICS 721 2,970 100 $806 $124.4M
492 NAICS 492 2,878 24 $2,694 $403.3M
923 NAICS 923 2,716 11 $2,170 $214.7M
928 NAICS 928 2,697 10 $1,815 $247.1M
424 NAICS 424 2,647 121 $1,243 $171.2M
459 NAICS 459 2,573 212 $619 $82.8M
623 NAICS 623 2,454 249 $851 $108.6M
926 NAICS 926 2,440 23 $2,473 $252.8M
813 NAICS 813 2,383 301 $2,060 $144.9M
237 NAICS 237 2,376 93 $2,593 $320.4M
522 NAICS 522 2,372 135 $1,523 $187.9M
236 NAICS 236 2,311 274 $1,996 $239.9M
922 NAICS 922 2,189 21 $2,506 $198.1M
441 NAICS 441 2,025 103 $1,359 $143.0M
713 NAICS 713 1,995 141 $601 $54.0M
488 NAICS 488 1,983 88 $1,141 $117.6M
551 NAICS 551 1,978 90 $2,324 $239.1M
517 NAICS 517 1,936 33 $2,000 $201.4M
423 NAICS 423 1,909 239 $1,707 $169.5M
924 NAICS 924 1,814 17 $2,253 $165.8M
531 NAICS 531 1,794 232 $1,502 $110.6M
445 NAICS 445 1,740 85 $1,103 $65.9M
444 NAICS 444 1,737 48 $943 $85.1M
484 NAICS 484 1,468 71 $1,520 $116.0M
811 NAICS 811 1,436 226 $1,173 $87.6M
812 NAICS 812 1,217 177 $776 $49.1M
211 NAICS 211 1,091 14 $5,790 $328.4M
524 NAICS 524 990 142 $1,728 $88.9M
458 NAICS 458 958 102 $518 $25.8M
221 NAICS 221 863 20 $2,493 $111.9M
491 NAICS 491 842 16 $1,673 $73.2M
562 NAICS 562 804 70 $1,644 $68.7M
449 NAICS 449 789 67 $1,017 $41.5M
482 NAICS 482 711 1 $1,659 $61.3M
311 NAICS 311 698 50 $839 $30.4M
457 NAICS 457 633 64 $1,205 $39.7M
485 NAICS 485 544 16 $797 $22.5M
213 NAICS 213 535 40 $3,139 $87.4M
456 NAICS 456 531 62 $918 $25.3M
487 NAICS 487 472 22 $1,007 $24.7M
493 NAICS 493 429 17 $1,222 $23.5M
712 NAICS 712 418 13 $2,248 $32.2M
483 NAICS 483 384 17 $2,699 $53.8M
523 NAICS 523 369 88 $3,698 $71.0M
711 NAICS 711 352 43 $556 $10.2M
111 NAICS 111 262 24 $734 $10.0M
516 NAICS 516 252 19 $1,309 $17.2M
312 NAICS 312 207 22 $728 $7.8M
323 NAICS 323 175 20 $996 $9.1M
332 NAICS 332 169 19 $1,381 $12.1M
512 NAICS 512 162 16 $474 $4.0M
425 NAICS 425 154 48 $1,531 $12.3M
339 NAICS 339 150 23 $1,133 $8.8M
513 NAICS 513 140 47 $2,618 $19.0M
925 NAICS 925 121 4 $2,663 $14.6M
334 NAICS 334 118 8 $2,199 $13.5M
327 NAICS 327 115 10 $1,574 $9.4M
212 NAICS 212 78 10 $2,294 $9.3M
999 NAICS 999 77 58 $927 $3.7M
518 NAICS 518 72 31 $1,384 $5.2M
337 NAICS 337 64 9 $1,299 $4.3M
814 NAICS 814 55 68 $644 $1.9M
336 NAICS 336 51 10 $1,439 $3.8M
525 NAICS 525 39 6 $1,592 $3.2M
321 NAICS 321 21 6 $2,259 $2.5M
325 NAICS 325 20 7 $946 $1.0M
519 NAICS 519 7 3 $1,050 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

8,413

jobs · $102,572 avg pay

State Government

9,596

jobs · $72,216 avg pay

Local Government

8,325

jobs · $74,007 avg pay

Private

120,922

jobs · $72,964 avg pay

AK Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

4.7%

April 2026

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