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HWOL The Help Wanted Online Data Series™ fills a critical gap in the current
U.S. economic indicators by providing timely monthly measures of labor demand (advertised vacancies) at the national, regional, State and metropolitan area levels.
These monthly measures are comparable in timing and geographic detail to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) monthly measures of labor supply (unemployment).
The Catalogue of Workforce Information Sources, formerly the Environmental Scan,
has been finalized by the Employment and Training Administration. You can
find it here.
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for information about job terminations in Alabama.
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September 2021
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August 2021
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Alabama:
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United States:
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Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted September unemployment rate is 3.1%, unchanged from August, and well below September 2020’s rate of 6.7%. September’s rate represents 68,544 unemployed persons, compared to 69,014 in August and 147,334 in September 2020. This represents an over-the-year decrease of 78,790.
Over the year, wage and salary employment increased 63,100, with gains in the leisure and hospitality sector (+20,400), the professional and business services sector (+10,600), and the trade, transportation, and utilities sector (+10,200), among others.
Wage and salary employment grew in September by 17,600. Monthly gains were seen in the government sector (+7,600), the trade, transportation, and utilities sector (+4,500), and the professional and business services sector (+3,200), among others.
Average weekly earnings measured $981.73 in September, representing an over-the-year increase of $56.67. Leisure and hospitality earnings increased by $32.52 over the year.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby County at 1.8%, Cullman County at 2.0%, and Marshall, Limestone, and Blount Counties at 2.1%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Wilcox County at 9.8%, Lowndes County at 7.8%, and Perry County at 7.5%.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Homewood and Vestavia Hills at 1.5%, Madison and Alabaster at 1.8%, and Athens and Hoover at 1.9%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Selma at 8.7%, Prichard at 6.9%, and Anniston at 6.1%.
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