Publishing Industries in Alaska — margin & local benchmarks
The publishing industries industry's national net profit margin is 18.2% (national, owner-operator basis — no state-level margin exists in any public source). In Alaska, there are 49 publishing industries establishments.
18.2%net profit margin · owner-operator basis
Owner-operator basis (IRS SOI sole proprietorships, TY2023): net income less deficit ÷ business receipts, at NAICS 511 (Publishing Industries). Sole-proprietor labor is not expensed, so this overstates corporate-style profit. Profit margin is published only nationally (IRS SOI);
this site never adjusts it to look local — see methodology.
Publishing Industries in Alaska
Local counts from Census County Business Patterns (2023) and BLS QCEW. Establishment counts survive disclosure suppression; payroll/wage cells may be withheld and are then shown as insufficient data.
| Metric | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Establishments in Alaska | 49 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Employment in Alaska | 239 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Annual payroll in Alaska | $13,710,000 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Average weekly wage in Alaska | Insufficient data |
Business survival rates by firm age are published by Census BDS at the national level only (not by state or industry jointly) — so no local survival figure is shown here, rather than a misleading one.
Metro-level counts, multi-year trends, and geography-to-geography comparison are available to subscribers. This page shows the current national margin plus current Alaska counts.
Frequently asked
How many publishing industries businesses are in Alaska?
49 establishments (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
What profit margin do publishing industries businesses make?
About 18.2% net margin nationally (owner-operator basis, IRS SOI) — no state-level margin is published.
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