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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).
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Alabama’s labor force participation rate for April increased to 57.9%. This represents a half of a percentage point increase over the year. The percentage of prime-age workers held steady at 78.8%. Prime-age workers are those aged 25-54 years.
Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted April unemployment rate is 3.3%, unchanged from March 2025’s rate. April’s rate is higher than April 2024’s rate of 2.9%. The rate represents 78,740 unemployed persons, compared to 78,761 in March and 67,319 in April 2024.
The number of people counted as employed increased by 32,204 over the year to 2,301,503, a new record high. The civilian labor force also increased to 2,380,243, also a new record high, with 43,625 more people joining over the year.
Over the year, wage and salary employment increased by 28,100 to 2,216,200, with gains in the private education and health services sector (+9,000), the government sector (+5,200), and the manufacturing sector (+4,300), among others.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby County at 2.1%, St. Clair, Morgan, and Elmore Counties at 2.2%, and Madison, Limestone, Cleburne, Blount, and Autauga Counties at 2.3%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Greene County at 6.3%, Perry County at 6.0%, and Wilcox County at 5.4%.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Vestavia Hills at 1.8%, Homewood at 1.9%, and Alabaster at 2.0%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Prichard at 5.9%, Selma at 5.1%, and Anniston at 4.3%.
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