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Diversification of the Alaska work force.


(Oct. 24, 2007)

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The Alaska Alaska (əlă`skə), largest in area of the United States but third smallest (exceeding only Vermont and Wyoming) in population, occupying the northwest extremity of the North American continent, separated from the coterminous United States  economy is known for producing in four main sectors: oil and gas, tourism, fishing and timber timber: see lumber; wood. . In 2001, employment in these four sectors accounted for 16.2 percent of the total non-farm work force. In 2006, five years later, the employment in these four sectors had risen to 16.4 percent. This change represents an increase of almost 5,000 jobs. The total non-farm Alaska work force rose by 25,400 jobs over the same period, therefore about 20 percent of this increase can be attributed to the oil and gas, tourism, fishing, and logging industries. The increase in these four sectors is slightly higher than the total proportion of the work sector devoted to these four industries; it can be said that the Alaska work force has become slightly less diverse over the last five years.

Source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, http://almis.labor.state.ak.us
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Title Annotation:Alaska Trends for December 2007
Comment:Diversification of the Alaska work force.(Alaska Trends for December 2007)
Author:Woolam, Cami
Publication:Alaska Business Monthly
Date:Dec 1, 2007
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