Federal job cuts in Alaska among the deepest in the nation, analysis shows

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: August 5, 2026

Words: 603

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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Alaska lost a higher percentage of its federal workforce last year than almost all U.S. states to sweeping Trump administration cuts, according to a newly published analysis by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

By the end of 2025, Alaska’s federal workforce was 10.5% smaller than it had been at the end of the prior year, according to the analysis, published in Alaska Economic Trends, the monthly magazine of the department’s research …

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