Alaska Key Driver of Puget Sound Economy, says McDowell Group Report
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Crosscut] by Stephen H. Dunphy Feb 9, 2015
Alaska is pulling on the Puget Sound economy
Its residents consume more coffee per capita than Washington and leave the leave largest tips in restaurants and for services. It’s the third largest producer of craft beers in the country. And it may be the nation's pickup truck capital with more trucks per capita than anywhere else.
And beyond all that, Alaska is still one of the most important parts of the Puget Sound economy. A report released Feb. 6 by the Seattle Metro Chamber of Commerce found that Alaska accounted for approximately 113,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs in the six-county region in 2013, and that these jobs generated $6.2 billion in wages.
It confirmed what has been true since the Alaska gold-rush days, when Seattle outfitted the thousands heading for the Klondike...
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