BLS LAUS · August 2026 preliminary · not seasonally adjusted
Alaska Unemployment Rate by County
Alaska statewide was 3.5% in August 2026, against 3.7% in August 2025; the United States was 4.3% on the same basis. The 30 boroughs and census areas below are listed alphabetically, each with its August 2026 rate and the change from August 2025. They are not ranked: county estimates carry model error BLS does not publish, so an order would compare noise.
30 areas · rate August 2026 · change from August 2025
- Aleutians East Borough1.7% · 0.0 pts
- Aleutians West Census Area2.0% · −0.2 pts
- Anchorage Borough/municipality3.0% · −0.2 pts
- Bethel Census Area10.3% · −2.3 pts
- Bristol Bay Borough2.2% · +0.7 pts
- Chugach Census Area3.0% · 0.0 pts
- Copper River Census Area5.3% · +0.6 pts
- Denali Borough1.8% · +0.2 pts
- Dillingham Census Area6.1% · +0.5 pts
- Fairbanks North Star Borough3.1% · 0.0 pts
- Haines Borough4.9% · −0.6 pts
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area3.8% · +0.3 pts
- Juneau Borough/city2.3% · −0.2 pts
- Kenai Peninsula Borough3.4% · −0.2 pts
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough2.5% · −0.7 pts
- Kodiak Island Borough2.4% · −0.5 pts
- Kusilvak Census Area18.2% · −0.2 pts
- Lake and Peninsula Borough5.3% · −0.6 pts
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough3.5% · −0.4 pts
- Nome Census Area8.5% · −1.8 pts
- North Slope Borough3.0% · +0.1 pts
- Northwest Arctic Borough8.8% · −0.7 pts
- Petersburg Borough2.2% · −1.1 pts
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area6.8% · −0.6 pts
- Sitka Borough/city2.1% · +0.3 pts
- Skagway Municipality2.3% · +0.8 pts
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area5.2% · −0.6 pts
- Wrangell Borough/city3.0% · −1.4 pts
- Yakutat Borough/city4.0% · +1.3 pts
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area8.7% · 0.0 pts