Service jobs up, producing industry jobs down in Alaska

Alaska Department of Labor says last decade has seen substantial shift in private sector jobs, with jobs in service sector up 31 percent, from 130,900 to 171,900, while producing jobs drop from 40,300 to 39,600

by The Associated Press

Jobs in Alaska's service sector have exploded over the past decade while the number of jobs in industries that produce goods, such as oil and gas, timber, fishing and mining, have declined. The growth in service industry jobs includes everything from hospitals and schools to grocery stores and auto....

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