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Employment

Alaska is home to plastics manufacturers and establishments engaged in plastics processing, marketing, support and captive activities that directly employ 170 people. It is also home to a number of plastics dependent industries that use plastics to make products or provide services. Plastics and dependent industries combined employ 77 thousand people in Alaska.

Plastics Industry Employment

Plastics Dependent Industries and Total Employment

Total Plastics Industry and Dependent Industries: 76,670 employees.

Payroll

The plastics industry’s direct payroll in Alaska, including captive plastic products, is $10 million. Plastics dependent industries add another $4 billion to the state’s payroll.

Although some of the dependent payroll would exist without plastics, there would be less of it, because cost effective replacements for plastics are not available in many applications.

Taxes

Together, plastics companies and the industries that depend on plastics contribute $0.7 billion in state and federal personal income taxes, and $0.4 billion in payroll (FICA) taxes.

Shipments

Plastics industry shipments in Alaska totaled nearly $72 million in 2016.

State Shipments

National Shipments

The plastics industry represents processors and manufacturers of machinery, molds, and raw materials. Plastics play a vital role in the delivery of many thousands of products and services that enhance every aspect of our lives, including automotive, health and medical, construction and recreation. In 2015, the U.S. plastics industry accounted for $418.4 billion in annual shipments and directly employed nearly 950 thousand people.