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Alaska Loggers Association, Inc. 



Ill STEOMAN. SUITE ?00 

 KETCHIKAN, Al ASKA 90901 

 Phon« 907 225*11* 



SOUTHEAST ALASKA TIMBER INDUSTRY 



1988 Jobs, Exports & Production 



Following are the recently updated DOL emploYment 

 numbers for 1987 and 1988: 



1987 



Logging 



Sav.-niills 



Pulp 



DOL Total 



1668 

 398 

 876 



2942 



1969 



Logging 

 Sawmills 



Pulp 



DOL Total 



2064 



501 



882 

 3447 (17% increase over 1987] 



To the DOL 1988 should be added the following direct 

 jobs not included in their total: 



976 



This will produce a grand total c: 4423 direct jobs, 

 1000 of which are from Native timber cperations. 



The DOL develops their yearly averages by adding the 

 12 individual months reported and dividing by 12 to get the 

 year arcund job equivalent. We are using $35,000 per year 

 as the average applicable wage. 



Using the Sitka mill economic study by The McDcwell 

 Group of i.4 indirect and induced jobs for each direct 

 job, indicates a 19B8 total of 10,615 jobs. 



We have obtained the 1987 and 19S3 FY timber products 

 exports from Alaska from Les Miller who is a Foresi Ser^'ice 

 economis t . 



SFRMNC AUSKAS TIMP.ER INDVSTRV 



