Juneau City and Borough · Alaska
Juneau, AK jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Juneau, AK earn a median of $51,000 a year, 14% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 4% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 22.8% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $51,000#14 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 4%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 66.7%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 16,486Civilian employed, age 16+
What Juneau does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance22.8%
- Public administration21.2%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9.3%
- Professional, scientific & management8.1%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities8%
- Retail trade7.8%
- Construction7.6%
- Other services, except public administration4.6%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining3.4%
- Finance, insurance & real estate2.6%
- Manufacturing2.2%
- Wholesale trade1.5%
- Information1%
Related data for Juneau
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.