The Kenai Peninsula’s weekly employee salary average stands at $1,106 according to statistics released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, reflecting second quarter 2022 employment numbers. The Kenai ranks 14th of the 30 boroughs represented in Alaska.
The Kenai Peninsula falls within the second tier of employment numbers with eight boroughs (counties) with wages over $1,200 per week and six boroughs with wages over $1,100 per week.
The Municipality of Anchorage tops Alaska at $1,306 average weekly wage, which ranked 84th nationwide in the second quarter of 2022. Alaska additionally consists of 17 smaller boroughs, 11 census areas, and 1 municipality, each of which is considered a county-level equivalent.
Five of the 29 counties in Alaska with employment below 75,000 employees (excluding Anchorage) had average weekly wages higher than the national average of $1,294: North Slope Borough ($2,124), Southeast Fairbanks Census Area ($1,579), Northwest Arctic Borough ($1,550), Aleutians West Census Area ($1,541), and Nome Census Area ($1,315).
Wage levels in 24 of the 29 smaller counties, including the Kenai Peninsula Borough, were below the national average of $1,294 in the second quarter of 2022 . Kenai ranks behind larger areas such as Fairbanks and Juneau; however the Kenai Peninsula ranks ahead of similar boroughs like Mat-Su and Kodiak.
The Kusilvak Census Area reported the lowest weekly wage among the smaller counties, averaging $815, followed by the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area ($824) and the Lake and Peninsula Borough ($830).
| Area | Establishments | Employment June 2022 | Average weekly wage |
|---|---|---|---|
|
United States |
11,460,819 | 149,901,995 | $1,294 |
|
Alaska |
24,410 | 329,540 | 1,237 |
|
Aleutians East Borough |
102 | 2,800 | 1,049 |
|
Aleutians West Census Area |
167 | 3,327 | 1,541 |
|
Anchorage Municipality |
8,522 | 144,286 | 1,306 |
|
Bethel Census Area |
339 | 7,053 | 940 |
|
Bristol Bay Borough |
135 | 1,809 | 1,053 |
|
Chugach Census Area |
422 | 4,441 | 1,225 |
|
Copper River Census Area |
158 | 1,296 | 943 |
|
Denali Borough |
150 | 3,237 | 945 |
|
Dillingham Census Area |
161 | 2,238 | 1,116 |
|
Fairbanks North Star Borough |
2,364 | 35,682 | 1,184 |
|
Haines Borough |
156 | 1,102 | 864 |
|
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area |
141 | 1,245 | 824 |
|
Juneau City and Borough |
1,142 | 17,730 | 1,212 |
|
Kenai Peninsula Borough |
2,304 | 22,958 | 1,106 |
|
Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
609 | 7,658 | 1,067 |
|
Kodiak Island Borough |
465 | 5,770 | 1,064 |
|
Kusilvak Census Area |
135 | 1,901 | 815 |
|
Lake and Peninsula Borough |
119 | 1,010 | 830 |
|
Mantanuska-Susitna Borough |
2,607 | 28,846 | 1,004 |
|
Nome Census Area |
299 | 4,013 | 1,315 |
|
North Slope Borough |
233 | 9,915 | 2,124 |
|
Northwest Arctic Borough |
161 | 2,713 | 1,550 |
|
Petersburg Borough |
165 | 1,299 | 978 |
|
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area |
255 | 2,263 | 918 |
|
Sitka City and Borough |
381 | 4,440 | 1,119 |
|
Skagway Municipality |
126 | 1,229 | 885 |
|
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area |
251 | 2,900 | 1,579 |
|
Wrangell City and Borough |
98 | 698 | 1,038 |
|
Yakutat City and Borough |
48 | 401 | 1,134 |
|
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area |
256 | 2,319 | 873 |