Suzanne LaFrance (Unknown affiliation) has been Mayor of Anchorage since 1 Jul 2024. In Aug 2026 the unemployment rate was 3.0% of the labour force, 1.2 percentage points lower than when Suzanne LaFrance took office in July 2024; Alaska's moved −0.2 percentage points over the same months. On the fall in unemployment Anchorage is 5th of the 117 cities, on the fall in violent crime 102nd of 106. The widest gap with Alaska is in the average hourly pay: +0.0% a year against −0.8%; the gap was widest in Jul 2024, +0.0% against −2.1%. Under Dave Bronson (2021 to 2024) the unemployment rate fell 2.5 percentage points. Since day zero typical home value climbed 4.2% a year, 9.7% in all.

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