State economist Karinne Wiebold said just about every industry is forecasted to grow this year. 'But a lot of them are just returning to pre-pandemic levels,' she said. 'So this is just kind of a return to normalcy.”
Seward’s Alaska Railroad terminal. Jobs in sectors like tourism have been improving, slowly, since 2020.
“Pretty much every industry is forecasted to grow,” she said. “But a lot of them are just returning to pre-pandemic levels. So this is just kind of a return to normalcy.” “In fact, the Kenai Fjords National Park had one of its best years ever in 2021,” she said. “And that was propelled by local visitors as well as some independent, non-cruise-based travelers.”Since those early pandemic days, the state has been gaining jobs across all regions — slowly.But on the whole, Alaska’s recovery is slower than other states’. Wiebold said national challenges are compounded by factors like Alaska’s reliance on tourism and oil.
At least one piece of legislation is expected to bring jobs this year: The federal infrastructure bill, passed by Congress in 2021. , that money is expected to boost airports and harbors, among other fish passage and bluff stabilization projects.
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