Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

FIPS 02130 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Ketchikan Gateway Borough had an annual average of 7,277 jobs across 623 establishments, paying $0.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

7,277

+1.9% YoY

Establishments

623

Total Wages

$0.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$62,610

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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
921 NAICS 921 751 11 $1,476 $57.5M
611 NAICS 611 454 8 $1,131 $26.2M
722 NAICS 722 410 44 $565 $12.1M
721 NAICS 721 378 16 $905 $17.8M
926 NAICS 926 319 4 $1,897 $29.3M
311 NAICS 311 293 9 $1,455 $22.2M
455 NAICS 455 279 7 $642 $9.3M
487 NAICS 487 224 28 $1,009 $11.8M
488 NAICS 488 214 10 $2,533 $15.4M
445 NAICS 445 212 11 $735 $8.1M
621 NAICS 621 212 28 $640 $7.0M
624 NAICS 624 212 14 $872 $9.6M
481 NAICS 481 177 9 $1,346 $12.4M
236 NAICS 236 169 26 $1,884 $16.6M
522 NAICS 522 162 11 $1,284 $10.8M
713 NAICS 713 148 23 $577 $4.4M
459 NAICS 459 132 30 $608 $4.2M
483 NAICS 483 116 9 $2,475 $14.6M
541 NAICS 541 114 27 $2,397 $6.5M
458 NAICS 458 108 26 $946 $5.3M
924 NAICS 924 106 4 $1,843 $8.9M
238 NAICS 238 104 28 $1,345 $7.3M
424 NAICS 424 99 7 $1,122 $5.8M
923 NAICS 923 97 5 $2,127 $5.2M
561 NAICS 561 96 27 $737 $3.7M
922 NAICS 922 91 5 $2,709 $8.3M
457 NAICS 457 90 7 $994 $4.7M
441 NAICS 441 58 5 $975 $2.9M
813 NAICS 813 56 19 $681 $2.0M
551 NAICS 551 42 5 $2,898 $6.3M
484 NAICS 484 35 7 $1,199 $2.2M
524 NAICS 524 34 6 $1,331 $2.3M
449 NAICS 449 28 5 $817 $1.2M
812 NAICS 812 25 9 $584 $0.8M
491 NAICS 491 25 2 $1,775 $2.3M
312 NAICS 312 23 4 $254 $0.3M
562 NAICS 562 21 3 $1,072 $1.2M
237 NAICS 237 18 11 $1,094 $1.0M
111 NAICS 111 16 3 $625 $0.5M
423 NAICS 423 8 5 $1,600 $0.7M
999 NAICS 999 3 5 $555 $0.1M
531 NAICS 531 3 1 $1,101 $0.2M
928 NAICS 928 2 1 $3,558 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

206

jobs · $100,492 avg pay

State Government

530

jobs · $76,243 avg pay

Local Government

1,130

jobs · $70,436 avg pay

Private

5,411

jobs · $58,205 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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