H-1B activity in Alaska. U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data shows 1,116 Labor Condition Applications filed on behalf of H-1B workers in Alaska, spanning 160 distinct employers. DOL certified these petitions at a 87.1% rate, meaning the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review before USCIS took over final adjudication. That volume gives Alaska a measurable footprint in the national H-1B program and a data-backed view of where foreign specialty-occupation workers are being placed on U.S. soil.

What employers are paying. The average offered wage on Alaska H-1B petitions is $91,595. Because each LCA must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the specific role and worksite, this figure reflects genuine pay commitments rather than aspirational market surveys, and it varies with the mix of occupations, wage levels (I through IV), and metropolitan areas active in the state. The single most-sponsored occupation is Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, which alone accounts for 257 petitions at an average of $71,136, followed by Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education and Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education.

Who does the sponsoring. The top H-1B sponsor in Alaska is Bering Strait School District with 212 petitions at an average offered wage of $74,994, followed by University of Alaska, Galena City School District, Northwest Arctic Borough School District. Taken together, the 160 employers active in the state form a concrete picture of which industries and company sizes rely on H-1B sponsorship inside Alaska. Because the data comes directly from DOL LCA disclosures (public record), each figure is auditable down to the individual petition, a meaningful contrast with anecdotal labor-market reporting.