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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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June 2024
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May 2024
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Alabama:
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Alabama’s labor force participation rate for June held steady at 57.5%, but increased four-tenths of a percentage point from June 2023. The percentage of prime-age workers increased by 1.4 percentage points to 79.2% over the year. Prime-age workers are those aged 25-54 years.
Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted June unemployment rate is 2.9%, down from May 2024’s revised rate of 3.0%. June’s rate is higher than June 2023’s rate of 2.3%. The rate represents 67,784 unemployed persons, compared to 70,668 in May and 53,412 in June 2023.
The number of people counted as employed increased by 20,417 over the year to a new record high of 2,270,227. The civilian labor force also increased to a new record high to 2,338,011, with 34,789 more people joining over the year.
Over the year, wage and salary employment increased by 47,500 to 2,218,400, also a new record high, with gains in the private education and health services sector (+11,900), the government sector (+8,900), and the manufacturing sector (+7,700), among others.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby and Morgan Counties at 2.3%, Marhsall and Cullman Counties at 2.4%, and Madison, Limestone, and Elmore Counties at 2.5%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Wilcox County at 8.5%, Perry County at 6.8%, and Dallas County at 6.0%.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Trussville and Vestavia Hills at 2.0%, Alabaster, Hoover, Homewood, and Madison at 2.2%, and Athens and Decatur at 2.4%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Selma at 7.1%, Prichard at 5.4%, and Bessemer at 4.0%.
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