People are leaving Alaska at a rate that’s generally faster than they have over the past thirty years, but it’s not because there’s a lack of work — there are more job openings in the state now than in recent memory.
People are leaving Alaska at a rate that’s generally faster than they have over the past thirty years, but it’s not because there’s a lack of work. There are more job openings in the state now than in recent memory, but there are fewer people to fill them., the monthly report of the Alaska Department of Labor.
Some of the drops are precipitous. In the 1990s, just over half of people who moved to Alaska in their thirties stayed for at least 10 years. Lately that’s fallen to about 40%. For people who move to Alaska in their forties, about 5% more of them make it to the 10-year mark.
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