Kenai Peninsula Borough
144 North Binkley Street     Soldotna, AK 99669
Phone - (907) 262-4441 or (800) 478-4441   or on the web    www.borough.kenai.ak.us

 Kenai Peninsula Borough Employment
Rank Homer  Annual Average Employment
2005 2006 2005 2006
1 1 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 313 313
2 2 South Peninsula Hospital 256 256
3 3 South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services 150 150
4 4 City of Homer 110 110
5 5 State of Alaska - Excludes University 95 95
6 6 Safeway/Eagle Store 84 84
8 7 Land End Resort 80 80
7 8 Federal Government 75 75
10 9 Chugach Electric 69 67
9 10 Homer Electric Association 67 69
Rank Kenai  Annual Average Employment
2005 2006 2005 2006
1 1 State of Alaska - Excludes University 264 291
3 2 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 258 236
2 3 Peak Oilfield Services 241 228
4 4 Federal Government 157 222
6 5 Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Company 221 181
5 6 Agrium 169 162
7 7 Union Oil of California - (Unocal) 159 134
8 8 Home Depot 120 122
9 9 City of Kenai 114 118
10 10 Safeway 111 110
Rank Seldovia  Annual Average Employment
2005 2006 2006 2005
1 1 Seldovia Village Tribe 58 50
2 2 KPB School District 16 15
3 3 City of Seldovia 14 15
4 4 Main Street Market 10 10
  5 Miller & Linwood 6  
6 6 Hopkins Brothers Construction 6 7
5 7 Seldovia Native Association 6 9
  8 Kenai Peninsula Boys & Girls Club 5  
9 9 Seldovia Fuel & Lube 5 5
7 10 Tidepool Café 4 6
Rank Seward  Annual Average Employment
2005 2006 2006 2005
1 1 State of Alaska - Excludes University 339 339
2 2 Seward Assoc for Advance Mariners (SeaLife Center) 143 149
3 3 City of Seward 112 106
  4 Providence Alaska 112  
7 5 Icicle Seafoods 103 86
6 6 Safeway 85 93
5 7 KPB School District 96 95
4 8 CIRI Alaska Tourism 94 97
8 9 Ocean Beauty 89 84
9 10 Federal Government 58 63
Rank Soldotna  Annual Average Employment
2005 2006 2006 2005
1 1 KPB School District 607 586
2 2 Central Peninsula General Hospital 474 405
3 3 Kenai Peninsula Borough  387 388
4 4 Frontier Community Services 304 314
6 5 Alaska Petroleum Contractors 255 219
5 6 Fred Meyer 236 260
7 7 State of Alaska - Excludes University 195 186
8 8 University of Alaska (incl student employment) 128 118
9 9 Laidlaw Education Services 116 113
  10 Safeway 108  
2004 v 2005
Rank Homer  Annual Average Employment
2004 2005 2004 2005
1 1 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 300 313
2 2 South Peninsula Hospital 250 256
3 3 South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services 152 150
4 4 City of Homer 114 110
5 5 State of Alaska - Excludes University 101 95
6 6 Safeway/Eagle Store 82 84
8 7 Land End Resort 81 80
7 8 Federal Government 80 75
10 9 Chugach Electric 69 69
9 10 Homer Electric Association 71 67
Rank Kenai  Annual Average Employment
2004 2005 2004 2005
1 1 State of Alaska - Excludes University 264 272
2 2 Peak Oilfield Services 258 250
3 3 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 241 235
7 4 Federal Government 157 211
4 5 Agrium 221 196
5 6 Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Company 169 171
6 7 Union Oil of California - (Unocal) 159 158
8 8 Home Depot 120 117
9 9 City of Kenai 114 115
10 10 Safeway 111 111
Rank Seldovia  Annual Average Employment
2004 2005 2004 2005
1 1 Seldovia Village Tribe 44 50
2 2 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 16 15
3 3 City of Seldovia 16 15
5 4 Main Street Market 10 10
6 5 Seldovia Native Association 7 9
4 6 Hopkins Brothers Construction 10 7
7 7 Tidepool Café 6 6
  8 Linwood Bar   6
8 9 Seldovia Fuel & Lube 5 5
9 10 Kar-A-Van Transfer Inc 4 4
10    Miller & Linwood 3  
Rank Seward  Annual Average Employment
2004 2005 2004 2005
1 1

State of Alaska - Excludes University

 338 339
2 2 Seward Assoc for Advance Mariners (SeaLife Center) 124 149
4 3 City of Seward 109 106
5 4 CIRI Alaska Tourism 100 97
6 5 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 94 95
9 6 Safeway 64 93
7 7 Icicle Seafoods 89 86
8 8 Ocean Beauty 89 84
3 9 Federal Government 118 63
  10 Seaview Community Services   49
10   Seward Ships Drydock Inc. 49  
Rank Soldotna  Annual Average Employment
2004 2005 2004 2005
1 1 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 574 586
2 2 Central Peninsula General Hospital 406 405
3 3 Kenai Peninsula Borough 376 388
4 4 Frontier Community Services 327 314
5 5 Fred Meyer 242 260
7 6 Alaska Petroleum Contractors 187 219
6 7 State of Alaska - Excludes University 177 186
8 8 University of Alaska (includes student employment) 116 118
9 9 Laidlaw Education Services 102 113
    10 Banner Health Systems

 

 101
10   Lutheran Health Systems 99

 
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