November 10, 2021 — Juneau, Alaska (KINY) Seafood harvesting jobs in Alaska were down last year.
State Labor Economist Joshua Warren wrote about that in the November edition of Alaska Economic Trends.
He reported that there was a 14.1 percent drop, the largest decline since they created the job estimates in 2000.
Employment decreased from a monthly average of 7, 653 in 2019 to 6,575 in 2020.