What percent of jobs in Alaska are held by immigrants?
Data updated May 22, 2024
About 11.1% in 2022. Immigrants are defined as foreign-born residents, including those who became US citizens, are authorized to be in the US (e.g., for work), or are undocumented residents.
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In 2018-2022
1 in 9
employed workers were immigrants
In 2018-2022
11.1%
of employed workers were immigrants
While immigrants hold 11.1% of jobs, they make up 9.7% of the total working-age population in the state. This means they are employed at a higher rate than expected. The working-age population is defined as the total number of people aged 16 and above.
Immigrant percentage of employed workers in Alaska
Immigrant participation in the workforce varies widely across industries. In Alaska, the largest gap between foreign-born and native-born workers was in the manufacturing industry, where 12.3% of the foreign-born working-age population were employed compared to 3.1% of native-born workers.
Percentage of employed population in Alaska, by sector of employment (2018-2022)
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The labor force participation rate — the percentage of the working-age population working or actively seeking work — for immigrants in Alaska was 70.8%, higher than the 62.3% rate for the native-born population. This shows that immigrants were seeking work at a higher rate than the native-born population in the state.
