The 2015 report published in Jan 2017* used job counts and say it is to account for turnover (more than 1 person working a position in a year) versus actually worker counts.  But most slope jobs are rotational so filled by 2 "workers" per "job". And these are higher paying jobs. To have workers in these higher paying jobs take their paycheck and use it in economies outside AK makes a difference. I believe if you benefit fro a higher paying Slope job in AK you should also help contribute to the State economy. Not sure how else we can do that than an income tax but I'd be open to ideas and if it is an income tax, I sure would like to see some sort of credit back for those of us who are AK residents.

*http://live.laborstats.alaska.gov/reshire/nonres.pdf