Juneau, Alaska Economy Profile

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Juneau, Alaska Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Juneau, Alaska, 20.46% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Seven point zero three percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Juneau, Alaska. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Juneau, Alaska is as follows: eight point one percent.

In Juneau, Alaska government workers account for thirty-nine point eight three percent of workers. Fifty-one point seven five percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Juneau, Alaska is equal to sixty-two thousand, thirty-four dollars while median family income is $70,284. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Juneau, Alaska are $46,744. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches thirty-three thousand, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars.

0.0 of families in Juneau, Alaska are below poverty line (total population in Juneau, Alaska is 30,711). There are 153 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Juneau, Alaska resident is thirty-five point three years old.

	Juneau, Alaska	%, Juneau, Alaska	United States
Population 16 years and over	23,342		217,168,077
In labor force	17,623	75.5%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	17,472	74.85%	63.39%
- - Employed	16,537	70.85%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	935	4.01%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.4		5.8
- Armed Forces	151	0.65%	0.53%
Not in labor force	5,719	24.5%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	11,648	49.9%	51.66%
In labor force	8,298	35.55%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	8,274	35.45%	29.65%
- - Employed	7,974	34.16%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	2,265	9.7%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,577		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	16,216		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	10,206	62.94%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	2,995	18.47%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	694	4.28%	4.73%
Walked	1,304	8.04%	2.93%
Other means	312	1.92%	1.19%
Worked at home	705	4.35%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	16.4	0.1%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	16,537		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	6,993	42.29%	33.65%
Service occupations	2,222	13.44%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	4,430	26.79%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	304	1.84%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	1,425	8.62%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,163	7.03%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	854	5.16%	1.87%
Construction	1,035	6.26%	6.78%
Manufacturing	199	1.2%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	174	1.05%	3.6%
Retail trade	1,689	10.21%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	1,072	6.48%	5.2%
Information	417	2.52%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	723	4.37%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	1,339	8.1%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	3,383	20.46%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	1,162	7.03%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	755	4.57%	4.87%
Public administration	3,735	22.59%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	8,558	51.75%	78.47%
Government workers	6,587	39.83%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	1,350	8.16%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	42	0.25%	0.31%

	Juneau, Alaska	%, Juneau, Alaska	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	11,534		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	404	3.5%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	407	3.53%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	974	8.44%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,111	9.63%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,653	14.33%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	2,525	21.89%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,183	18.93%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,625	14.09%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	390	3.38%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	262	2.27%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	62,034		41,994
With earnings	10,369	44.42%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	62,927		56,604
With Social Security income	1,508	6.46%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,529		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	309	1.32%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,829		6,320
With public assistance income	653	2.8%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,634		3,032
With retirement income	1,961	8.4%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	23,720		17,376
Families	7,754		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	167	2.15%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	170	2.19%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	437	5.64%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	559	7.21%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,026	13.23%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,825	23.54%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	1,804	23.27%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,242	16.02%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	337	4.35%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	187	2.41%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	70,284		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	26,719		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	46,744		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	33,168		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	286		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	240	83.92%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	159	55.59%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	153		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	135	88.24%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	101	66.01%	42.27%
Individuals	1,797		33,899,812
18 years and over	1,133	63.05%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	72	4.01%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	543	30.22%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	355	19.76%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	792	44.07%	31.63%

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