Market data
Employment law in Alaska: market data
What public records say about the market for employment law in Alaska: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.
Demand: what courts and agencies count
Counts of filings, crashes, complaints and enforcement in the records each agency keeps. A count shows where problems were recorded, not how many people will hire a lawyer.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EEOC charges alleging age discrimination | 28 charges, fiscal year | FY2025 | Alaska state | eeoc-charges v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005 record eeoc-ak-age · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| EEOC charges of discrimination (all bases) | 83 charges, fiscal year | FY2025 | Alaska state | eeoc-charges v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005 record eeoc-ak-all · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| EEOC charges alleging disability discrimination | 37 charges, fiscal year | FY2025 | Alaska state | eeoc-charges v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005 record eeoc-ak-disability · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| EEOC charges alleging race discrimination | 33 charges, fiscal year | FY2025 | Alaska state | eeoc-charges v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005 record eeoc-ak-race · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| EEOC charges alleging retaliation | 56 charges, fiscal year | FY2025 | Alaska state | eeoc-charges v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005 record eeoc-ak-retaliation · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| EEOC charges alleging sex discrimination | 33 charges, fiscal year | FY2025 | Alaska state | eeoc-charges v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005 record eeoc-ak-sex · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: employment | 23 cases filed, fiscal year | FY2025 | Alaska state | federal-filings-county v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628 record federal-filings-county:AK · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: labor and benefits | 8 cases filed, fiscal year | FY2025 | Alaska state | federal-filings-county v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628 record federal-filings-county:AK · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Back wages WHD found owed, ten fiscal years | 4,464,526 US dollars | FY2016-FY2025 | Alaska state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:AK · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Wage and Hour Division cases concluded | 11 cases | FY2025 | Alaska state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:AK · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Wage and Hour Division cases, ten fiscal years | 293 cases | FY2016-FY2025 | Alaska state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:AK · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employees owed back wages, ten fiscal years | 2,806 employees | FY2016-FY2025 | Alaska state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:AK · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil filings: private civil rights (includes employment) | 182 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of Alaska federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-ak-priv-civil-rights · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private labor (wage and hour, ERISA, family leave) | 17 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of Alaska federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-ak-priv-labor · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed: employment and wage claims | 53 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | District of Alaska federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-ak-employment · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed: labor relations and employee benefits | 17 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | District of Alaska federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-ak-labor-benefits · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
Rising or falling
The change between the last two periods each source publishes. No threshold and no smoothing.
| Measure | Before | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| EEOC charges of discrimination (all bases) Alaska · record eeoc-ak-all | 104 FY2024 | 83 FY2025 | falling (-20.2%) |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: employment Alaska · record federal-filings-county:AK | 10 FY2024 | 23 FY2025 | rising (+130%) |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: labor and benefits Alaska · record federal-filings-county:AK | 5 FY2024 | 8 FY2025 | rising (+60%) |
| Wage and Hour Division cases concluded Alaska · record wage-enforcement:AK | 21 FY2024 | 11 FY2025 | falling (-47.6%) |
Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 154 lawyers a year | 2025 | Alaska state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record ak-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 17 counties | 2026-Q1 | Alaska state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-02 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 17 counties | 2026-Q1 | Alaska state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-02 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 8.7 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | Alaska state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-02 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 297 firms | 2022 | Alaska state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-ak-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 306,344,000 US dollars | 2022 | Alaska state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-ak-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 3.69 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | Alaska state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-02 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 399 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | Alaska state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-02 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 272 establishments | 2026-Q1 | Alaska state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-02 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 1,120 jobs | May 2025 | Alaska state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:AK:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 149,940 US dollars a year | May 2025 | Alaska state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:AK:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Counties with the most demand per law office
Of the 25 counties in Alaska with the most federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: employment, the ten with the most per private law office. Both counts are shown with their records.
| County | Demand | Law offices | Per office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 3 record federal-filings-county:02090 | 22 record law-offices-02090 | 0.14 |
| Juneau City and Borough, AK | 1 record federal-filings-county:02110 | 8 record law-offices-02110 | 0.13 |
| Anchorage Municipality, AK | 19 record federal-filings-county:02020 | 167 record law-offices-02020 | 0.11 |
| Bethel Census Area, AK | 0 record federal-filings-county:02050 | 3 record law-offices-02050 | 0 |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 0 record federal-filings-county:02122 | 15 record law-offices-02122 | 0 |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 0 record federal-filings-county:02130 | 4 record law-offices-02130 | 0 |
| Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 0 record federal-filings-county:02150 | 2 record law-offices-02150 | 0 |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 0 record federal-filings-county:02170 | 22 record law-offices-02170 | 0 |
| Nome Census Area, AK | 0 record federal-filings-county:02180 | 1 record law-offices-02180 | 0 |
| Dillingham Census Area, AK | 0 record federal-filings-county:02070 | 1 record law-offices-02070 | 0 |
Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: employment (federal-filings-county v1.0.0, FY2025) ÷ Private law offices (law-offices v1.0.0, 2026-Q1). ratio = federal-filings-county.ffc.employment / law-offices.qcew_estabs, rounded to 2 decimals; ranked highest first, among the 25 units with the most demand. Units with zero supply are listed apart (ratio undefined); units without a published value are listed as missing.
Spanish-language demand
People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) | not published lawyers | 2020-2024 | Alaska state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:AK:lawyers-spanish · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | not published people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | Alaska state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:AK:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status U · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 5,926 ±823 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Alaska state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:AK:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 5,926 ±786 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Alaska state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-ak · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in Alaska have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.
| Topic | Status | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | The rules do not require ads to be filed or reviewed before use. Rule 7.2(a) lets a lawyer advertise subject to Rules 7.1 and 7.3. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | P primary source | Every ad must show the name and office address of at least one lawyer or law firm responsible for its content (7.2(c)). Written, recorded or electronic solicitations of a person known to need legal help in a matter carry the words "advertising material"… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | P primary source | The rules set no waiting period before contacting someone after an accident or injury. Rule 7.3 bans live in-person, phone or real-time contact for pay unless there is a prior or family relationship (7.3(a)), and any contact after a refusal or involving… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | P primary source | An ad is false or misleading if it has a material misrepresentation, creates an unjustified expectation about results, or makes a comparison that cannot be factually substantiated (7.1(a)-(c)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | A lawyer may not give anything of value for a recommendation, except to pay the reasonable cost of ads, the usual charges of a legal service plan or a not-for-profit or qualified lawyer referral service, the price of a practice sold under 1.17, and… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | P primary source | Alaska bars using an eavesdropping device to hear or record a conversation without the consent of a party to it, so one participant's consent suffices. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Texting | P primary source | A violation of Alaska's law on solicitations by telephonic means (AS 45.63) is an unlawful trade practice under the general consumer-protection act, and a person with an ascertainable loss of money or property may sue for three times actual damages or $500,… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | Alaska: no filing or review of lawyer ads is required. official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | Lawyers in different firms may split a fee in proportion to each firm's contribution, or if each firm takes joint responsibility for the representation under a written agreement with the client. official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-27 |
Prices and pay (national)
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted) | 1,249 thousand jobs | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CPI-U: legal services | 230 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: offices of lawyers | 338 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: labor and employment legal services | 151 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110A:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
What is missing
Datasets linked to this practice that have no figure here, and values the source withholds. We never fill these in.
- findings (demand): the dataset has no records for Alaska (it covers other places)
- firm-web-census (supply): the dataset has no records for Alaska (it covers other places)
- language (spanish): Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) (Alaska): value withheld by the source (status U)
- language (spanish): Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer (Alaska): value withheld by the source (status U)
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The rows behind this page, with every dataset, version, DOI, record id and check date.
Cite as: Probative Growth, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); Federal civil filings by nature of suit and district, 12-month periods since 2018 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Employment discrimination charges to the EEOC, by state and basis, FY 2009 to FY 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733005); Federal civil cases filed, by county of the plaintiff's residence, case type and year (Federal Judicial Center) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628); How long federal civil cases take: outcomes, class actions and pro se share by district, nature of suit and year v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); Wage-and-hour and OSHA enforcement by county, state, act and industry (U.S. Department of Labor) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/alaska/employment-law/
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