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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).
Descriptions of various products and reports can be found in the 2012 Labor Market Information Users Guide.
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 2020
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August 2020
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Alabama:
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United States:
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Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted September unemployment rate is 6.6%, up from August’s rate of 5.6%, and above September 2019’s rate of 2.7%. September’s rate represents 148,912 unemployed persons, compared to 125,855 in August and 61,495 in September 2019.
Wage and salary employment grew in September by 9,300. Monthly gains were seen in the government sector (+6,100), the professional and business services sector (+4,500), and the education and health services sector (+2,400), among others. Over the year, wage and salary employment decreased 70,800, with losses in the leisure and hospitality sector (-29,400), the education and health services sector (-19,300), and the government sector (-7,800), among others.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Cullman County at 3.8%, Randolph, Marshall, and Franklin Counties at 3.9%, and Shelby, Clay, Cherokee, and Blount Counties at 4.0%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Wilcox County at 17.0%, Lowndes County at 15.9%, and Greene County at 11.9%.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Homewood at 3.5%, Madison and Vestavia Hills at 3.6%, and Alabaster at 3.8%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Prichard at 17.2%, Selma at 14.2%, and Bessemer at 12.2%.
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