In May, about one in every nine jobs in Alaska was unfilled, according to the state’s latest labor data. That’s almost double the national rate.
August 16, 2022Employers in Alaska have a lot of job openings.
“A disproportionate percentage, an unusually large number of those people, I think at the 50-, 60-plus age group, said, ‘We’re out, we’re done. We can afford it. Stock market’s been good. Housing market’s good. I can afford to retire now, and this pandemic thing makes work difficult,’” Robinson said.
“We had a lot of years where could just take the money from oil revenue and pay all of our bills,” he said. “And for 10 years — some people would say, 20-plus — we’ve struggled with, ‘Is it enough?’ Do we need to have taxes, do we need to make changes to the dividend?”
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