Research
Focused Question: What
would be the impact on the local and national job market of opening Area 1002
to development? (Oct. 22, 2003)
 Employment and Earnings
2002 (US Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- manufacturing workers:
- hourly earnings of $13.24 (average), $14.86 (production workers); weekly
earnings of $496.50 (average)
- average earnings of workers in petroleum/coal industry: $21.49
- Alaskan employment:
- - civilian labor force 322.8 thousand
- - unemployment 25.0 thousand (7.7%)
Employment and Industrial
Relations issues in oil refining (International Labor Office)
- national average (1996) of people employed in refining: 100,200
- steady decline in number of refining workers: 2.7% annual decrease
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