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Kotzebue, AK

Kotzebue, AK rolls up 3 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $89,232 median H-1B wage; Educational Services currently leads the local roster.

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3
Employers
$89,232
Median H-1B wage
28
H-1B filings

Kotzebue, AK is a thin metro slice: only 3 tracked employers with DOL, OSHA, or WARN filings mapped here.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Kotzebue, AK (AK), PlainEmployers rolls up 3 employers at a $89,232 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 3 employers
  • $89,232 median H-1B
  • 28 H-1B LCAs

Where Kotzebue, AK's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$89,232 Top 81% higher than 19% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Kotzebue, AK $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Kotzebue, AK (3 employers) sits beside Anchorage, AK, Fairbanks, AK, Nome, AK in AK's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Kotzebue, AK ranks #2177 of 6906 by employer count (about the 61st percentile).

Anchorage, AK 20 Fairbanks, AK 7 Nome, AK 5 Juneau, AK 3 Bethel, AK 2 Ketchikan, AK 2
Top industries Educational Services

What the data says about Kotzebue, AK

Corpus placement: Kotzebue, AK ranks #2177 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 61st percentile).

Headline sponsors: Northwest Arctic Borough School District, Education Services of Alaska, and Teck Alaska Incorporated, together 28 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Same-state context for Kotzebue, AK: Anchorage, AK (20 employers); Fairbanks, AK (7 employers); Nome, AK (5 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

Top employers in Kotzebue, AK

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 Northwest Arctic Borough School District Educational Services 14 $87,945
2 Education Services of Alaska 13 $90,816
3 Teck Alaska Incorporated 1 $173,382
Sources, citation, and related links for Kotzebue, AK

Disclaimer: The Kotzebue, AK overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Kotzebue, AK from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.