What makes the Alaska Panel different
Statewide coverage - Members in every borough and census area, including communities off the road system.
Demographic depth - Detailed profile data on each member: age, gender, region, community, household income, education, employment, ethnicity (including Alaska Native affiliation where self-reported), language, and more.
Cultural and linguistic representation - Significant participation from Alaska Native, rural, and non-English-speaking households that are systematically underrepresented in national panels.
Verified and vetted - All members opt in voluntarily and are screened for legitimacy. We actively manage panel hygiene to remove inactive, duplicate, or low-quality members.
Local accountability - The panel is owned and operated by an Alaska-based firm with a 25+ year reputation in the state. We are accountable to our members and our clients in ways national panel providers aren't.
Built-in flexibility - Members participate across modes — online, phone, in-person — so we can support nearly any research methodology.
How it works (for researchers)
Tell us about your project. Methodology, sample size, demographic and geographic targets, timeline, and budget.
We design the recruit. We confirm feasibility against current panel composition and design quotas to meet your requirements.
We field the project. Whether full-service or recruit-only, our staff manages outreach, scheduling, reminders, and replacement of no-shows.
You get the data. For full-service projects, we deliver clean datasets, transcripts, recordings, and reports as scoped. For recruit-only, we hand off qualified participants on schedule.
Frequently asked questions
Is it free to join the Alaska Panel? Yes. There is no cost to join, no membership fee, and no obligation to participate in any project.
How often will I be contacted? Only when a paid research project matches your profile. For most members, that's a few times per year — sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on demographics.
Will my personal information be shared or sold? No. We do not sell, rent, or share Alaska Panel member data with anyone outside Hays Research Group, ever.
Who can join? Any Alaska resident age 18 or older.
For researchers: how fast can you recruit? For most online survey projects, fieldwork can begin within 24–48 hours of project approval. Focus group recruitment typically takes 7–14 days depending on community and screening criteria.
For researchers: what does it cost to use the Alaska Panel? Costs vary by project scope, sample size, methodology, and incentive levels. Contact us for a project-specific quote.
Is the panel available for use by other research firms? Yes. We regularly partner with national research, consulting, communications, and government affairs firms that need credible Alaska data. We can support full-service or recruitment-only engagements.
How it works (for participants)
Sign up. Complete the short registration survey at alaskapanel.com. Takes about two minutes.
Wait for invitations. When a paid research project matches your profile, we'll contact you by email, phone, or text with the details.
Decide whether to participate. Each invitation includes the topic, time commitment, format, and incentive. You can accept or decline.
Complete the project. Online surveys take place on your phone or computer; focus groups happen in person or via video; telephone interviews are scheduled at your convenience.
Get paid. Incentives are paid by check, electronic transfer, or gift card depending on the project.
For Researchers: Use the Alaska Panel
Reach Alaska, quickly and accurately.
For research firms, agencies, government entities, and in-house teams that need Alaska data, the Alaska Panel dramatically reduces the time, cost, and complexity of recruiting Alaskan respondents. We can field a statewide quantitative survey with regional quotas in days rather than weeks, recruit a focus group in any community with adequate population, and target by hundreds of demographic, geographic, and behavioral attributes — including segments that are nearly impossible to find through random-digit dialing or address-based sampling.
We work with partners who need full-service fielding (we handle the project end-to-end) and with partners who need recruitment-only support (you handle the moderation or analysis; we deliver qualified, verified participants).
The Alaska Panel
A proprietary panel of 10,000+ Alaskans across every region of the state — for paid research participation and for researchers who need a faster, deeper, more representative way to reach Alaska.
The Alaska Panel is the largest opt-in research panel focused exclusively on Alaska. Built and maintained by Hays Research Group over more than two decades, it now includes more than 10,000 Alaskans who have agreed to participate in paid online surveys, telephone interviews, focus groups, and other research opportunities. Members live in every region of the state — from Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley to the Kenai Peninsula, Southeast, the Interior, the Y-K Delta, the North Slope, and the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands — including dozens of communities off the road system that are functionally invisible to national recruiters. The panel exists to solve a problem unique to Alaska: how do you produce research that actually represents Alaskans, when the population is small, geographically scattered, culturally diverse, and notoriously hard to reach by conventional means? The Alaska Panel is our answer.
For Alaskans: Join the Alaska Panel
Get paid for your opinion.
Joining the Alaska Panel means you'll be considered for paid research projects throughout the year — short online surveys, longer telephone interviews, in-person focus groups in your community, and occasional travel-paid research trips. Different projects pay different amounts, but most participants who qualify earn between $25 and $200 per project depending on length and format. There's no commitment, no membership fee, and we'll never sell your information or share your contact details with anyone outside Hays Research Group.
We only contact you when a paid opportunity matches your demographic profile, and you're free to decline any invitation or unsubscribe at any time. Signing up takes about two minutes.