How do you you people make money in rural Alaska (Anchorage: for sale, to rent)

[TheKezarWoodsman]

Now another one, what are common jobs up there, besides healthcare/teaching. Is there any market for people in the IT/ computer field, as whats big in other job fields.

[RayinAK]

Originally Posted by wolfhelm

Now another one, what are common jobs up there, besides healthcare/teaching. Is there any market for people in the IT/ computer field, as whats big in other job fields.

All depends on the village's size. Please note that we are talking about very small and isolated places, some which don't even have sewage plants nor pipes. In some of these places you use "honey buckets," while in others you can have an outhouse. The larger villages may have some amenities such as sewage, power lines, and such, but mostly within the village. Overall, most newcomers can't take the village life, and leave. But a few love it.

http://www.adn.com/article/20150321/...lly-going-away

http://www.adn.com/article/20150321/...lly-going-away

[TheKezarWoodsman]

So what jobs are common in these small communities.

[Haolejohn]

Originally Posted by RayinAK

All depends on the village's size. Please note that we are talking about very small and isolated places, some which don't even have sewage plants nor pipes. In some of these places you use "honey buckets," while in others you can have an outhouse. The larger villages may have some amenities such as sewage, power lines, and such, but mostly within the village. Overall, most newcomers can't take the village life, and leave. But a few love it.

For one Western Alaska village, honey buckets gradually going away | Alaska Dispatch News

For one Western Alaska village, honey buckets gradually going away | Alaska Dispatch News

I agree. Many can't handle it.

[Metlakatla]

Originally Posted by wolfhelm

So what jobs are common in these small communities.

None. These aren't places people move to seeking work.

[Haolejohn]

Originally Posted by wolfhelm

So what jobs are common in these small communities.

There aren't any jobs...

Reality is that unless you work for the school or the tribal government in a small village, you don't work.

As an outsider you won't have a job in the community unless you are a teacher.

If you are mechanically inclined...you can get the occasional job on the side, after you can be trusted.

[TheKezarWoodsman]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

None. These aren't places people move to seeking work.

atleast not high paying, but most people will need some form of income, be it just enough to rent an apartment, pay a morgage, and afford health supplies.

[TheKezarWoodsman]

and to be clear, ive decided more around the anchorage/fairbanks area, due to the fact a bush/hub community might be to out of the way, atleast for now. So by rural im looking at on a road.

[Haolejohn]

Originally Posted by wolfhelm

atleast not high paying, but most people will need some form of income, be it just enough to rent an apartment, pay a morgage, and afford health supplies.

It's called govt assistance...

[TheKezarWoodsman]

i have to assume govt assistance is not much, maybe enough for some food, and maybe enough to pay the morgage on a very small home, but overall it cant be even near enough to survive i would assume. But idk, i dont live there, if i did i wouldnt be asking questions here