How many job openings are there in Alaska?

Alaska had 16K job openings as of Dec 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).

How many people were hired in Alaska recently?

Alaska recorded 14K hires in Dec 2025, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics JOLTS survey data. Hires represent all additions to the payroll during the reference month.

What is the quits rate in Alaska?

10K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Alaska during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 3.0%. A higher quits rate generally indicates worker confidence, employees leave when they believe better opportunities are available.

How many layoffs happened in Alaska?

There were 5K layoffs and discharges in Alaska during Dec 2025. This figure includes involuntary separations initiated by the employer, including layoffs with no intent to rehire and discharges for cause.

What are total separations in Alaska?

Total separations in Alaska reached 16K in Dec 2025. The figure covers every way a worker can leave a job in JOLTS accounting, quits, layoffs, discharges, retirements, and intra-firm transfers alike.

State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025

Alaska Labor Market

Monthly job openings, hires, quits, and layoffs for Alaska from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. State tables often lag the national release (see homepage disclosure).

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

16K
Job openings: 14K
Hires: 3.0%
Quits rate: 5K
Layoffs

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-02 Alaska

16K openings · 4.5% rate · 14K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 16K
RATE 4.5%
RANK n/a
HIRE 14K
QUIT 3.0%
LAY 5K
YOY -23.8%
PHOTO District of Columbia

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: District of Columbia (4.5%)

Openings-rate neighbourhood · Dec 2025 (this state highlighted)

Peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours in the JOLTS state pool for Dec 2025. Read District of Columbia →

Labor market health score

A+

Labor market health score

92/100

Alaska, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions

A weighted composite of the job openings, hires, and quits rates against every other state's same-month JOLTS data. It describes the latest reported month, not a forecast, and does not weigh wages, cost of living, or industry mix.

Job openings rate A- 4.5%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate A+ 4.2%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate A+ 3.0%

Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal

Alaska is 49th of 51 by openings volume but 9th by latest-month openings rate, so size is not tightness.

Tight rate band

Alaska sits in the tightest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only (not the hero's multi-month average). Alaska is 9th of 51; rates are openings per 100 jobs, not job quality. Signature: 9th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (4.5%).

Alaska among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Alaska openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Alaska openings fell 23.8% year over year

Monthly job openings in Alaska from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 4.5%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Alaska sits: Hot & confident

Each point is one state, Dec 2025: openings rate on the x-axis, voluntary quits rate on the y-axis. A hot job market does not reliably make workers confident enough to quit and chase it, and across the full 51-state table the two rates correlate only weakly. Alaska's own openings rate is 4.5% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 3.0% against a 2.2% average.