Alabama Labor Market Information Division

Metropolitan Year-to-Date Labor Force Estimates for 2021

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ANNISTON-OXFORD MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

46,147

46,026

45,771

46,114

45,766

45,462

45,881

Employment

44,058

44,105

43,917

44,507

44,199

43,446

44,039

Unemployment

2,089

1,921

1,854

1,607

1,567

2,016

1,842

Unemployment Rate

4.5

4.2

4.1

3.5

3.4

4.4

4.0

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2020 benchmark.

AUBURN-OPELIKA MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

75,918

76,461

75,849

76,592

75,441

74,485

75,791

Employment

73,473

74,236

73,769

74,839

73,670

72,170

73,693

Unemployment

2,445

2,225

2,080

1,753

1,771

2,315

2,098

Unemployment Rate

3.2

2.9

2.7

2.3

3.1

2.8

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2020 benchmark.

BIRMINGHAM-HOOVER MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

551,505

551,093

547,422

550,374

548,892

547,390

549,446

Employment

530,827

532,092

530,163

535,362

534,492

528,816

531,959

Unemployment

20,678

19,001

17,259

15,012

14,400

18,574

17,487

Unemployment Rate

3.7

3.4

3.2

2.7

2.6

3.4

3.2

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2020 benchmark.

DAPHNE-FAIRHOPE-FOLEY MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

95,635

95,716

96,447

98,707

99,524

100,623

97,776

Employment

92,248

92,589

93,539

96,210

97,175

97,582

94,891

Unemployment

3,387

3,127

2,908

2,497

2,349

3,041

2,885

Unemployment Rate

3.5

3.3

3.0

2.4

3.0

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2020 benchmark.

DECATUR MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

73,691

73,445

73,322

73,522

73,318

72,811

73,351

Employment

71,517

71,489

71,382

71,863

71,699

70,691

71,440

Unemployment

2,174

1,956

1,940

1,659

1,619

2,120

1,911

Unemployment Rate

3.0

2.7

2.6

2.3

2.2

2.9

2.6

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2020 benchmark.

DOTHAN MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

64,019

63,831

63,355

64,033

63,645

63,987

63,812

Employment

61,586

61,599

61,290

62,259

61,928

61,736

61,733

Unemployment

2,433

2,232

2,065

1,774

1,717

2,251

2,079

Unemployment Rate

3.8

3.5

3.3

2.8

2.7

3.5

3.3

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2020 benchmark.

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FLORENCE-MUSCLE SHOALS MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

64,867

65,305

64,886

65,242

64,352

63,517

64,695

Employment

62,530

63,161

62,691

63,367

62,471

61,079

62,550

Unemployment

2,337

2,144

2,195

1,875

1,881

2,438

2,145

Unemployment Rate

3.6

3.3

3.4

2.9

3.8

3.3

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2020 benchmark.

GADSDEN MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

39,751

39,617

39,268

39,617

39,715

39,589

39,593

Employment

37,916

37,921

37,681

38,257

38,372

37,887

38,006

Unemployment

1,835

1,696

1,587

1,360

1,343

1,702

1,587

Unemployment Rate

4.6

4.3

4.0

3.4

4.3

4.0

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2020 benchmark.

HUNTSVILLE MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

234,867

234,378

235,321

236,471

234,911

231,842

234,631

Employment

227,984

228,059

229,197

231,234

229,804

225,228

228,584

Unemployment

6,883

6,319

6,124

5,237

5,107

6,614

6,047

Unemployment Rate

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.2

2.9

2.6

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2020 benchmark.

MOBILE MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

189,440

188,214

186,411

187,687

185,579

184,684

187,003

Employment

178,038

177,464

177,385

179,912

177,992

175,131

177,654

Unemployment

11,402

10,750

9,026

7,775

7,587

9,553

9,349

Unemployment Rate

6.0

5.7

4.8

4.1

5.2

5.0

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2020 benchmark.

MONTGOMERY MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

172,674

171,506

169,476

171,149

170,363

169,313

170,747

Employment

163,462

162,884

162,378

164,957

164,277

161,694

163,275

Unemployment

9,212

8,622

7,098

6,192

6,086

7,619

7,472

Unemployment Rate

5.3

5.0

4.2

3.6

4.5

4.4

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2020 benchmark.

TUSCALOOSA MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

115,048

115,103

113,393

114,136

113,200

111,731

113,768

Employment

109,932

110,423

109,263

110,551

109,573

107,140

109,480

Unemployment

5,116

4,680

4,130

3,585

3,627

4,591

4,288

Unemployment Rate

4.4

4.1

3.6

3.1

3.2

4.1

3.8

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2020 benchmark.

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