What percent of the workforce in Alaska are immigrants?
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Immigrants were 10.7% of employed workers in Alaska in 2020-2024. Immigrants are defined as foreign-born residents, including those who became US citizens, are authorized to work in the US, or are undocumented residents.
In 2020-2024,
1 in 9
employed workers in Alaska were immigrants
In 2020-2024,
10.7%
of employed workers in Alaska were immigrants
While immigrants were 10.7% of employed workers, they made up 9.4% of the working-age population in Alaska. This indicates a higher employment rate than expected. The working-age population includes everyone aged 16 and above.
In Alaska, 10.7% of employed workers were immigrants in 2020–2024.
Share of employed workers that are immigrants, by 5-year period
In what industries do immigrants work in Alaska?
In 2020–2024, immigrants in Alaska were most commonly employed in these industries:
- Education and health services (25.8% of all employed foreign-born workers)
- Manufacturing (11.3%)
- Retail trade (11.0%)
Immigrant and native-born workers are sometimes concentrated in different industries. In Alaska, the largest gap between foreign-born and native-born workers was in the manufacturing industry, where 11.3% of the foreign-born working-age population were employed compared to 3.3% of native-born workers.
Compared to the native-born population, Alaska’s immigrants more often worked in the manufacturing industry.
Share of employed workers across industries, by nativity (2020-2024)
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