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Alaska unemployment rank is 51. In the past 12 months the median family income in Alaska was $57,071. Alaska ranks 19 among the top highest-paid states.

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	Alaska Cost of living (2006) Cost of Living Indexes Alaska USA Overall 116.00 100 Food 123.80 100 Housing 93.40 100 Utilities 155.2 100 Health 156.80 100 Miscellaneous 121.00 100 Transportation 114.00 100
Top Highest-Paid States (2006 Year) Rank State The mean hourly wage The mean annual wage 1 District of Columbia $30 $61,500 ... ... ... ... 7 Maryland $21 $44,030 8 Alaska $21 $43,920 9 Washington $21 $42,910 ... ... ... ... 54 Puerto Rico $11 $23,190
Jobs/Salaries in Alaska (2006 Year) Rank State Jobs Hourly Annualy 1 IL Helpers--electricians 17 None ... ... ... ... ... 2 HI Helpers--electricians 16 None 3 AK Helpers--electricians 16 None 4 NY Helpers--electricians 15 None ... ... ... ... ... 54 MT Helpers--electricians None None
Select Your Job: ---- Select Job ----- Accountants and auditors Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers Administrative services managers Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors Advertising and promotions managers Advertising sales agents Agricultural workers, all other Air traffic controllers Aircraft cargo handling supervisors Aircraft mechanics and service technicians Airfield operations specialists All Occupations All other information and record clerks Amusement and recreation attendants Anthropologists and archeologists Architects, except landscape and naval Architectural and civil drafters Architecture and engineering occupations Art directors Artists and related workers, all other Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations Assemblers and fabricators, all other Atmospheric and space scientists Automotive body and related repairers Automotive glass installers and repairers Automotive service technicians and mechanics Avionics technicians Baggage porters and bellhops Bakers Bartenders Bill and account collectors Billing and posting clerks and machine operators Bindery workers Biological scientists, all other Biological technicians Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks Brickmasons and blockmasons Broadcast technicians Brokerage clerks Budget analysts Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations Building cleaning workers, all other Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists Bus drivers, school Bus drivers, transit and intercity Business and financial operations occupations Business operations specialists, all other Butchers and meat cutters Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels Cardiovascular technologists and technicians Cargo and freight agents Carpenters Carpet installers Cartographers and photogrammetrists Cashiers Cement masons and concrete finishers Chefs and head cooks Chemical engineers Chemical technicians Chemists Chief executives Child care workers Child, family, and school social workers Civil engineering technicians Civil engineers Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators Cleaners of vehicles and equipment Clergy Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food Community and social service specialists, all other Community and social services occupations Compensation and benefits managers Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation Computer and information systems managers Computer and mathematical occupations Computer operators Computer programmers Computer software engineers, applications Computer specialists, all other Computer support specialists Computer systems analysts Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers Concierges Conservation scientists Construction and extraction occupations Construction and related workers, all other Construction laborers Construction managers Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Cooks, fast food Cooks, institution and cafeteria Cooks, restaurant Cooks, short order Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders Correctional officers and jailers Cost estimators Counselors, all other Counter and rental clerks Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop Couriers and messengers Court, municipal, and license clerks Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Customer service representatives Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Data entry keyers Database administrators Demonstrators and product promoters Dental assistants Dental hygienists Dental laboratory technicians Dentists, general Derrick operators, oil and gas Desktop publishers Detectives and criminal investigators Diagnostic medical sonographers Dietitians and nutritionists Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers Dishwashers Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance Driver/sales workers Drywall and ceiling tile installers Economists Editors Education administrators, all other Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program Education, training, and library occupations Educational, vocational, and school counselors Electrical and electronic engineering technicians Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay Electrical engineers Electrical power-line installers and repairers Electricians Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers Electronics engineers, except computer Eligibility interviewers, government programs Emergency management specialists Emergency medical technicians and paramedics Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists Engineering managers Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other Engineers, all other Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other Environmental engineers Environmental science and protection technicians, including health Environmental scientists and specialists, including health Executive secretaries and administrative assistants Fallers Family and general practitioners Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations File clerks Film and video editors Financial analysts Financial managers Financial specialists, all other Fire fighters First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors Floral designers Food batchmakers Food cooking machine operators and tenders Food preparation and serving related occupations Food preparation and serving related workers, all other Food preparation workers Food service managers Forensic science technicians Forest and conservation technicians Foresters Gaming and sports book writers and runners Gaming service workers, all other General and operations managers Geological and petroleum technicians Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers Graphic designers Grounds maintenance workers, all other Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other Health educators Health technologists and technicians, all other Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other Healthcare support occupations Healthcare support workers, all other Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Helpers--carpenters Helpers--electricians Helpers--extraction workers Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers Helpers--production workers Highway maintenance workers Historians Home appliance repairers Home health aides Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping Human resources managers, all other Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other Hydrologists Industrial engineers Industrial machinery mechanics Industrial production managers Industrial truck and tractor operators Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Instructional coordinators Insulation workers, mechanical Insurance claims and policy processing clerks Insurance sales agents Insurance underwriters Interpreters and translators Interviewers, except eligibility and loan Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers Job printers Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand Landscape architects Landscaping and groundskeeping workers Laundry and dry-cleaning workers Lawyers Legal occupations Legal secretaries Legal support workers, all other Librarians Library assistants, clerical Library technicians Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses Life, physical, and social science occupations Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers Loan interviewers and clerks Loan officers Locksmiths and safe repairers Lodging managers Logging equipment operators Logging workers, all other Logisticians Machinists Maids and housekeeping cleaners Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service Maintenance and repair workers, general Maintenance workers, machinery Management analysts Management occupations Managers, all other Manicurists and pedicurists Marketing managers Marriage and family therapists Massage therapists Material moving workers, all other Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Mechanical engineering technicians Mechanical engineers Media and communication workers, all other Medical and clinical laboratory technicians Medical and clinical laboratory technologists Medical and health services managers Medical and public health social workers Medical assistants Medical equipment preparers Medical records and health information technicians Medical secretaries Medical transcriptionists Mental health and substance abuse social workers Mental health counselors Meter readers, utilities Millwrights Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines Motion picture projectionists Motor vehicle operators, all other Motorboat mechanics Natural sciences managers Network and computer systems administrators Network systems and data communications analysts New accounts clerks Nonfarm animal caretakers Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants Obstetricians and gynecologists Occupational health and safety specialists Office and administrative support occupations Office and administrative support workers, all other Office clerks, general Office machine operators, except computer Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Operations research analysts Opticians, dispensing Optometrists Order clerks Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Packers and packagers, hand Painters, construction and maintenance Painters, transportation equipment Paralegals and legal assistants Parking lot attendants Parts salespersons Payroll and timekeeping clerks Pediatricians, general Personal and home care aides Personal care and service occupations Personal care and service workers, all other Personal financial advisors Petroleum engineers Pharmacists Pharmacy technicians Photographers Photographic processing machine operators Physical scientists, all other Physical therapist assistants Physician assistants Physicians and surgeons, all other Pile-driver operators Pipelayers Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Police and sheriff's patrol officers Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers Postal service clerks Postal service mail carriers Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators Postmasters and mail superintendents Power distributors and dispatchers Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other Prepress technicians and workers Preschool teachers, except special education Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Printing machine operators Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists Procurement clerks Production occupations Production, planning, and expediting clerks Property, real estate, and community association managers Protective service occupations Protective service workers, all other Psychiatric aides Public address system and other announcers Public relations managers Public relations specialists Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products Purchasing managers Radio and television announcers Radiologic technologists and technicians Real estate brokers Real estate sales agents Receptionists and information clerks Recreation workers Refuse and recyclable material collectors Registered nurses Rehabilitation counselors Reporters and correspondents Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks Residential advisors Respiratory therapists Retail salespersons Roofers Rotary drill operators, oil and gas Roustabouts, oil and gas Sailors and marine oilers Sales and related occupations Sales and related workers, all other Sales engineers Sales managers Sales representatives, services, all other Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Security and fire alarm systems installers Security guards Self-enrichment education teachers Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Service station attendants Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining Sewing machine operators Sheet metal workers Ship engineers Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks Social and community service managers Social and human service assistants Social workers, all other Speech-language pathologists Stationary engineers and boiler operators Statistical assistants Statisticians Stock clerks and order fillers Structural iron and steel workers Structural metal fabricators and fitters Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Surgical technologists Surveying and mapping technicians Surveyors Switchboard operators, including answering service Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents Taxi drivers and chauffeurs Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Telecommunications line installers and repairers Telemarketers Telephone operators Tellers Tile and marble setters Tire repairers and changers Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Tour guides and escorts Training and development managers Training and development specialists Transportation and material moving occupations Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters Transportation inspectors Transportation, storage, and distribution managers Travel agents Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer Truck drivers, light or delivery services Urban and regional planners Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers Veterinarians Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers Veterinary technologists and technicians Waiters and waitresses Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products Word processors and typists Writers and authors Zoologists and wildlife biologists
Employed/Unemployed Stats (2000 Year)
Rank Location: Employed (in thousands) Unemployed (in thousands) Unemployed Rate 1 HI 157,070 3,802 2.4% ... ... ... ... ... 34 IN 33,791 1,768 5.2% 35 ME 42,428 2,033 5.2% 36 WI 40,530 2,011 5.2% ... ... ... ... ... 52 PR 16,163 1,872 12.0%

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