Fairbanks, AK MSA Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change Year Ago |
| 1990 | 32,763 | - | 8.4 | - |
| 1991 | 33,534 | 2.4 | 9.6 | 1.2 |
| 1992 | 35,392 | 5.5 | 9.5 | -0.1 |
| 1993 | 36,219 | 2.3 | 8.3 | -1.2 |
| 1994 | 37,457 | 3.4 | 8.0 | -0.3 |
| 1995 | 38,290 | 2.2 | 7.3 | -0.7 |
| 1996 | 39,509 | 3.2 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | 40,322 | 2.1 | 6.8 | -0.5 |
| 1998 | 40,532 | 0.5 | 5.9 | -0.9 |
| 1999 | 40,877 | 0.9 | 5.7 | -0.2 |
| 2000 | 38,509 | -5.8 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
| 2001 | 39,035 | 1.4 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| 2002 | 39,392 | 0.9 | 6.4 | 0.6 |
| 2003 | 40,258 | 2.2 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
| 2004 | 41,755 | 3.7 | 6.4 | -0.5 |
| 2005 | 42,741 | 2.4 | 5.8 | -0.6 |
| 2006 | 42,824 | 0.2 | 5.6 | -0.2 |
| 2007 | 43,176 | 0.8 | 5.2 | -0.4 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 36,510 | 2.6 | 8.5 | -1.4 |
| Feb | 36,294 | 3.5 | 8.8 | -1.4 |
| Mar | 36,216 | 3.3 | 8.7 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 37,005 | 2.6 | 8.1 | -0.7 |
| May | 38,771 | 2.6 | 7.0 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 40,084 | 3.4 | 7.1 | -1.0 |
| Jul | 40,231 | 1.4 | 6.5 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 39,875 | 1.9 | 6.0 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 39,666 | 1.9 | 5.9 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 38,703 | 1.4 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 38,465 | 1.5 | 7.2 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 37,665 | 0.8 | 7.4 | 0.4 |
| 1996-Jan | 36,930 | 1.2 | 9.1 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 36,921 | 1.7 | 9.1 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 37,096 | 2.4 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 38,064 | 2.9 | 8.0 | -0.1 |
| May | 40,057 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 41,454 | 3.4 | 6.6 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 41,857 | 4.0 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 41,023 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 40,703 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 40,672 | 5.1 | 6.3 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 40,076 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 39,254 | 4.2 | 7.2 | -0.2 |
| 1997-Jan | 38,153 | 3.3 | 8.7 | -0.4 |
| Feb | 38,039 | 3.0 | 9.1 | -0.1 |
| Mar | 38,313 | 3.3 | 8.8 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 38,904 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 40,475 | 1.0 | 6.8 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 41,740 | 0.7 | 6.9 | 0.3 |
| Jul | 42,122 | 0.6 | 5.7 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 41,747 | 1.8 | 5.4 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 41,535 | 2.0 | 5.4 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 41,615 | 2.3 | 5.5 | -0.9 |
| Nov | 40,866 | 2.0 | 5.7 | -1.5 |
| Dec | 40,355 | 2.8 | 5.7 | -1.5 |
| 1998-Jan | 38,703 | 1.4 | 6.8 | -1.9 |
| Feb | 38,727 | 1.8 | 7.0 | -2.1 |
| Mar | 38,715 | 1.0 | 7.0 | -1.8 |
| Apr | 39,373 | 1.2 | 5.7 | -2.3 |
| May | 41,130 | 1.6 | 5.5 | -1.3 |
| Jun | 42,047 | 0.7 | 6.0 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 42,879 | 1.8 | 5.0 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 42,017 | 0.6 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 41,442 | -0.2 | 5.1 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 40,940 | -1.6 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 40,285 | -1.4 | 6.0 | 0.4 |
| Dec | 40,124 | -0.6 | 6.3 | 0.7 |
| 1999-Jan | 39,328 | 1.6 | 7.4 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 39,029 | 0.8 | 7.7 | 0.7 |
| Mar | 39,233 | 1.3 | 6.9 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 40,434 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 0.2 |
| May | 42,331 | 2.9 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 42,968 | 2.2 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 42,709 | -0.4 | 4.9 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 41,739 | -0.7 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 41,484 | 0.1 | 4.5 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 40,593 | -0.8 | 5.1 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 40,371 | 0.2 | 5.2 | -0.8 |
| Dec | 40,305 | 0.5 | 5.6 | -0.7 |
| 2000-Jan | 37,236 | -5.3 | 7.1 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 37,421 | -4.1 | 7.3 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 37,170 | -5.3 | 7.2 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 37,915 | -6.2 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| May | 38,735 | -8.5 | 6.1 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 38,607 | -10.1 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 39,975 | -6.4 | 5.2 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 39,166 | -6.2 | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 38,809 | -6.4 | 4.8 | 0.3 |
| Oct | 38,928 | -4.1 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 39,345 | -2.5 | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 38,806 | -3.7 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| 2001-Jan | 37,838 | 1.6 | 7.0 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 37,940 | 1.4 | 6.9 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 37,895 | 2.0 | 6.8 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 38,242 | 0.9 | 6.2 | -0.2 |
| May | 39,351 | 1.6 | 5.4 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 39,078 | 1.2 | 6.0 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 40,583 | 1.5 | 4.9 | -0.3 |
| Aug | 39,632 | 1.2 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 39,509 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 39,515 | 1.5 | 5.0 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 39,410 | 0.2 | 5.6 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 39,425 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 0.2 |
| 2002-Jan | 38,130 | 0.8 | 7.3 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 38,699 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 38,763 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 0.2 |
| Apr | 39,033 | 2.1 | 6.8 | 0.5 |
| May | 40,346 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 39,224 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 40,173 | -1.0 | 5.7 | 0.8 |
| Aug | 39,831 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 40,030 | 1.3 | 5.6 | 0.7 |
| Oct | 39,711 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 39,220 | -0.5 | 6.5 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 39,548 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 1.0 |
| 2003-Jan | 38,434 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 0.7 |
| Feb | 38,846 | 0.4 | 8.3 | 1.2 |
| Mar | 39,051 | 0.7 | 7.7 | 0.7 |
| Apr | 39,624 | 1.5 | 7.4 | 0.7 |
| May | 41,272 | 2.3 | 6.5 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 39,902 | 1.7 | 7.6 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 41,042 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 0.6 |
| Aug | 40,737 | 2.3 | 6.1 | 0.4 |
| Sep | 40,832 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 41,006 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 41,320 | 5.4 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Dec | 41,024 | 3.7 | 6.7 | -0.3 |
| 2004-Jan | 39,867 | 3.7 | 7.9 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 40,044 | 3.1 | 7.9 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 40,443 | 3.6 | 7.5 | -0.2 |
| Apr | 41,049 | 3.6 | 6.8 | -0.6 |
| May | 42,540 | 3.1 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 41,264 | 3.4 | 6.9 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 42,750 | 4.2 | 5.7 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 43,462 | 6.7 | 5.3 | -0.8 |
| Sep | 42,466 | 4.0 | 5.4 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 42,156 | 2.8 | 5.3 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 42,557 | 3.0 | 5.9 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 42,461 | 3.5 | 6.2 | -0.5 |
| 2005-Jan | 40,838 | 2.4 | 7.0 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 41,325 | 3.2 | 7.3 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 41,408 | 2.4 | 6.5 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 42,208 | 2.8 | 6.1 | -0.7 |
| May | 43,730 | 2.8 | 5.4 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 42,601 | 3.2 | 5.8 | -1.1 |
| Jul | 43,764 | 2.4 | 5.1 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 44,594 | 2.6 | 4.7 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 43,100 | 1.5 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 43,233 | 2.6 | 5.1 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 43,156 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 42,932 | 1.1 | 6.0 | -0.2 |
| 2006-Jan | 41,375 | 1.3 | 6.7 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 41,715 | 0.9 | 7.0 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 42,041 | 1.5 | 6.4 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 42,382 | 0.4 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| May | 43,668 | -0.1 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 42,002 | -1.4 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 43,132 | -1.4 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
| Aug | 43,664 | -2.1 | 5.0 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 42,841 | -0.6 | 5.0 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 43,579 | 0.8 | 4.6 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 43,794 | 1.5 | 5.1 | -0.7 |
| Dec | 43,700 | 1.8 | 5.3 | -0.6 |
| 2007-Jan | 42,022 | 1.6 | 6.1 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 42,332 | 1.5 | 6.1 | -0.9 |
| Mar | 42,792 | 1.8 | 5.6 | -0.9 |
| Apr | 42,820 | 1.0 | 5.3 | -0.8 |
| May | 43,533 | -0.3 | 4.8 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 42,305 | 0.7 | 5.5 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 43,840 | 1.6 | 4.8 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 43,834 | 0.4 | 4.5 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 43,357 | 1.2 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 43,644 | 0.1 | 4.3 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 43,926 | 0.3 | 5.0 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 43,702 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| 2008-Jan | 42,004 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 42,076 | -0.6 | 6.6 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 42,782 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.6 |
| Apr | 43,477 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
| May | 44,285 | 1.7 | 5.6 | 0.8 |
| Jun | 43,880 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 0.6 |
| Jul | 44,648 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 0.6 |
| Aug | 44,286 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 0.7 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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