If salaried employees are exempt from overtime pay, they generally need to be making at least double the minimum wage.
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Alaska seafood harvesting jobs decline as fish crashes, pandemic and other factors take toll
Employment for people harvesting seafood dropped by about a quarter from 2015 to 2022.
Study: Alaska is failing to keep most Alaska-born residents
More than half of Alaskans born in the state have moved away, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
Alaska construction employment trends show uneven post-pandemic recovery, wage deflation
Economist Sara Teel wrote that the state’s shrinking population of working-age adults is a possible factor.
As Alaska welcomes Ukrainian refugees, state resurrects program to help immigrants get jobs
Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are resettling here after fleeing their war-torn homeland.
Alaska labor commissioner unexpectedly resigns for undisclosed reasons
The resignation, handed in Tuesday, was effective immediately and Ledbetter is no longer a member of the administration, said a Dunleavy official.
Alaska’s minimum wage is set to rise, but increase fails to keep pace with housing costs
Estimates indicate someone earning minimum wage would have to work 74 hours per week to meet their basic needs in Juneau.
Alaska gains residents for the 1st time in 4 years
From April 2020 to July 2021, Alaska’s population increased by 932 people.
Alaska’s economic recovery lags behind most states
As of July, Alaska had made up less than half of its COVID-related job losses.
Rents up, vacancy down: How the pandemic impacted Alaska’s rental market
The cost to rent a home or apartment has gone up in Alaska during the pandemic, according to state economists.