2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Fairbanks, AK vs Unalaska, AK

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Unalaska has been positive.
- Unalaska has 5.2% more unemployment than Fairbanks.
- Unalaska job growth has increased by 26.9% in the past 10 years.
 Fairbanks, AKUnalaska, AKUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock2.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth16.8%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-3.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.0%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock1.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-8.0%  Unlock6.3%
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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Reviews for Unalaska    1 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I love it here there are so many people to talk to very many ways to get the newest kinds of items and its a grand old place very similar to my place in  More

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