Getting Paid to Live in Alaska, Plus...

Things to Love About Living in Alaska

- Did you know they pay residents to live in Alaska? It’s a little thing called the "Permanent Fund Dividend". Each year the state of Alaska pays every Alaskan resident (man, woman, and child) a cut of the revenue generated from a fund built with money from oil taxes. Around October of every year, the interest earned from the fund pays each resident anywhere between 1 to 3 grand a year, depending on how well the market does. Just in time for some good Christmas shopping. The 2008 dividend paid was $3,269. So if you and your spouse had 3 children you would have each earned $3,269 totaling $16,345. Not a bad bonus for a family of five.

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- Not only that, there’s no sales tax and no income tax in Alaska. Yeah. Starting to sound like a good place to live?
- Free Salmon...residents can "dip net" 25 salmon per year and 10 flounder, this is separate from and in addition to rod and reel limits. Here, you can eat as much salmon as you can catch in the summer, and there is always a friend with crab pots who will invite you over for a feed from time to time. And don't even get me started on the halibut!

- The Northern Lights. These are the most magical mystical things you will ever experience. And you really do need to experience them. Nothing I can say would even remotely give them justice.
- Outdoors activities. If you like to camp, backpack, hike, bike, kayak, mountain climb, snowboard, fish, hunt, snowmobile, etc. There is no better place to be.
- There are no cockroaches, termites, killer bees or snakes.
- It almost never gets too hot. In this age of global warming, no one here even needs to own an air conditioner.
- There is plenty of water for the entire state. No forced water conservation or water disputes. Plus, it's really clean and tastey.
- It sounds horrible I know, but sometimes the safety of being so far away from all the major cities that might be targets for terrorist attacks is a plus.

Are there ample job opportunities?

 

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There are lots of jobs depending on where you live and what kinds of skills you have. In the Anchorage area there are lots of jobs because it's the largest city in the state and also because Anchorage is positioned well between Asia, Europe, and the lower 48, in terms of shipping and manufacturing. The main industry is oil, after that is tourism, and then fishing. There are plenty of small fishing towns in Alaska like Homer that also makes their living off tourism, art, and entertainment.

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