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Ketchikan Gateway Borough recorded an unemployment rate of 4.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 347 people out of the 13,939 living in Ketchikan Gateway Borough at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Ketchikan Gateway Borough has decreased compared to the 5.4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Ketchikan Gateway Borough was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.5%.

Of the 7,204 people who had a job during that time, 220 were employed in the Armed Forces and 6,984 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	347	4.6%
Employed	7,204	95.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	6,984	92.5%
Employed in armed forces	220	2.9%