2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Airway Heights, WA vs Fairbanks, AK

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fairbanks has been positive.
- Fairbanks has 0.9% less unemployment than Airway Heights.
- Fairbanks job growth has increased by 8.0% in the past 10 years.
 Airway Heights, WAFairbanks, AKUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock7.2%6.0%
 Future Job Growth34.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-3.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth3.5%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-6.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth10.7%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Airway Heights    3 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Like a modern day Mayberry!!! LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!! New more shopping choices though, like a WINCO. Police dept a LITTLE over zealous but a great place to  More

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Over 16 years ago

i actually love living here in Airway Heights for many reasons: it's small enough to know all the local grocers, pharmacists, city employees by name. it's not a  More

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Over 19 years ago

So expensive to buy a home...but soooo worth  More

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Reviews for Fairbanks    20 Reviews

I have lived in the Fairbanks area for about 25 years and have become very comfortable with the community and the lifestyle here. That said, retirement is fast  More

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Over 14 years ago

Comments about Fairbanks, both positive and negative, are of interest to me. Was in Fairbanks this past March [and north on Cleary Summit] and fell in love with the  More

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Over 15 years ago

I came to Alaska 15 years ago on an adventure and first lived in Juneau, which I LOVED and then moved to Eagle River, which I loved and now live in Fairbanks! I do not  More

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