Employers in Alaska logged 11 WARN Act notices in January 2018, involving roughly 1,967 workers. The average filing covered 179 workers, with 4 closures among the notices.
Industry classification was not available for filings in Alaska this month. A total of 1,967 workers were affected across 11 notices.
| County | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks North Star | 2 | 354 |
| Anchorage | 2 | 134 |
Fairbanks North Star saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 18% of all affected workers with 354 workers across 2 notices.
| City | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Prudhoe Bay/ Anchorage | 2 | 522 |
| Anchorage on Old Seward Hwy | 2 | 362 |
| Fairbanks | 2 | 354 |
| Anchorage on Muldoon Road | 2 | 334 |
| Prudhoe Bay, Anchorage | 1 | 261 |
| Type | Notices | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Closure | 4 | 592 |
Closures accounted for 30% of affected workers, while the majority of filings were layoffs rather than permanent shutdowns.
| Company | City | Workers | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistras Group, Inc. and subsidiary Quality Services Laboratories Inc | Prudhoe Bay/ Anchorage | 261 | 2018-01-23 | |
| Mistras Group, Inc. and subsidiary Quality Services Laboratories In | Prudhoe Bay, Anchorage | 261 | 2018-01-23 | |
| Mistras Group, Inc. and subsidiary Quality Services Laboratories Inc | Prudhoe Bay/ Anchorage | 261 | 2018-01-23 | |
| Sam’s Club | Anchorage on Old Seward Hwy | 181 | Closure | 2018-01-11 |
| Sam’s Club | Anchorage on Old Seward Hwy | 181 | 2018-01-11 | |
| Sam’s Club | Fairbanks | 177 | Closure | 2018-01-11 |
| Sam’s Club | Fairbanks | 177 | 2018-01-11 | |
| Sam’s Club | Anchorage on Muldoon Road | 167 | Closure | 2018-01-11 |
| Sam’s Club | Anchorage on Muldoon Road | 167 | 2018-01-11 | |
| Sears Holdings | Anchorage | 67 | Closure | 2018-01-04 |
| Sears | Anchorage | 67 | 2018-01-04 |
The biggest impact was at Mistras Group, Inc. and subsidiary Quality Services Laboratories Inc at its Prudhoe Bay/ Anchorage facility, reporting 261 affected workers. Mistras Group, Inc. and subsidiary Quality Services Laboratories In followed with 261 workers.
After a dip last month, layoff activity has ticked back up.
This data points to mounting pressure on the Alaska labor market, with activity running above both recent and year-ago benchmarks.
This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Alaska. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers with 100+ employees to provide 60-day advance notice of mass layoffs and plant closings. Data is updated daily by WARN Firehose. View all Alaska WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.
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