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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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March 2021
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February 2021
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Alabama:
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United States:
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Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted March 2021 unemployment rate is 3.8%, down from February’s rate of 4.0%, yet above March 2020’s rate of 2.6%. March’s rate represents 84,670 unemployed persons, compared to 91,041 in February and 57,895 in March 2020. Alabama is comfortably below the national average of 6.0%.
Wage and salary employment increased in March by 9,100 to 2,019,500, the highest recorded level in 2021. The biggest monthly gains were seen in government (+2,000), financial activities (+1,900); and manufacturing (+1,700), among others.
Over the year, wage and salary employment decreased by 50,900 with the biggest losses in leisure and hospitality (-18,000), education and health services (-11,800), and government (-7,300), among others. Annual gains were seen in trade, transportation, and utilities.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby and Cullman Counties at 2.0%, Limestone, Franklin, and Blount Counties at 2.1%, and Marshall and Celburne Counties at 2.2%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Wilcox County at 11.6%, Lowndes County at 10.6%, and Perry County at 8.1.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Madison at 1.8%, Alabaster, Homewood, Hoover, and Vestavia Hills at 1.9%, and Athens at 2.1%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Prichard at 10.0%, Selma at 9.4%, and Bessemer at 6.4%.
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