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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
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January 2025
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December 2024
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Alabama:
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United States:
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Alabama’s labor force participation rate for January held steady at 57.6%. The percentage of prime-age workers increased by three-tenths of a percentage point to 78.9 % over the year. Prime-age workers are those aged 25-54 years.
Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted January unemployment rate is 3.3%, unchanged from December 2024’s rate. January’s rate is above January 2024’s rate of 2.9%. The rate represents 78,288 unemployed people, compared to 78,478 in December and 66,845 in January 2024.
The number of people counted as employed increased by 23,534 over the year to 2,285,631, a new record high. The civilian labor force also increased to a new record high of 2,363,919, with 34,977 more people joining over the year.
Over the year, wage and salary employment increased by 25,600 to 2,181,400, with gains in the private education and health services sector (+8,000), the government sector (+7,400), and the manufacturing sector (+4,500), among others.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby County at 2.7%, Elmore, Limestone, Marshall, and St. Clair Counties at 2.8%, and Lee, Madison, and Morgan Counties at 2.9%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Greene County at 9.1%, Wilcox County at 6.9%, and Perry County at 6.6%.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Homewood, Trussville, and Vestavia Hills at 2.4%, Pelham at 2.5%, and Hoover and Madison at 2.6%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Prichard at 7.4%, Selma at 6.4%, and Anniston at 4.8%.
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