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

JUL

AUG

SEP

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

46,147

46,026

45,771

46,114

45,766

45,269

45,749

45,855

45,664

45,818

Employment

44,058

44,105

43,917

44,507

44,199

43,253

43,845

43,973

43,998

43,984

Unemployment

2,089

1,921

1,854

1,607

1,567

2,016

1,904

1,882

1,666

1,834

Unemployment Rate

4.5

4.2

4.1

3.5

3.4

4.5

4.2

4.1

3.6

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

JUL

AUG

SEP

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

75,918

76,461

75,849

76,592

75,441

73,804

74,852

75,874

76,067

75,651

Employment

73,473

74,236

73,769

74,839

73,670

71,487

72,739

73,677

74,166

73,562

Unemployment

2,445

2,225

2,080

1,753

1,771

2,317

2,113

2,197

1,901

2,089

Unemployment Rate

3.2

2.9

2.7

2.3

3.1

2.8

2.9

2.5

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

JUL

AUG

SEP

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

551,505

551,093

547,422

550,374

548,892

547,883

555,273

552,131

550,687

550,584

Employment

530,827

532,092

530,163

535,362

534,492

529,301

538,103

534,767

535,856

533,440

Unemployment

20,678

19,001

17,259

15,012

14,400

18,582

17,170

17,364

14,831

17,144

Unemployment Rate

3.7

3.4

3.2

2.7

2.6

3.4

3.1

2.7

3.1

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

JUL

AUG

SEP

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

95,635

95,716

96,447

98,707

99,524

101,029

102,811

100,723

100,140

98,970

Employment

92,248

92,589

93,539

96,210

97,175

97,987

100,047

97,873

97,690

96,151

Unemployment

3,387

3,127

2,908

2,497

2,349

3,042

2,764

2,850

2,450

2,819

Unemployment Rate

3.5

3.3

3.0

2.4

3.0

2.7

2.8

2.4

2.8

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

JUL

AUG

SEP

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

73,691

73,445

73,322

73,522

73,318

72,861

73,529

73,048

72,636

73,264

Employment

71,517

71,489

71,382

71,863

71,699

70,739

71,650

71,123

70,945

71,379

Unemployment

2,174

1,956

1,940

1,659

1,619

2,122

1,879

1,925

1,691

1,885

Unemployment Rate

3.0

2.7

2.6

2.3

2.2

2.9

2.6

2.3

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

JUL

AUG

SEP

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

64,019

63,831

63,355

64,033

63,645

63,834

65,163

64,736

64,232

64,095

Employment

61,586

61,599

61,290

62,259

61,928

61,575

63,077

62,589

62,444

62,039

Unemployment

2,433

2,232

2,065

1,774

1,717

2,259

2,086

2,147

1,788

2,056

Unemployment Rate

3.8

3.5

3.3

2.8

2.7

3.5

3.2

3.3

2.8

3.2

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

JUL

AUG

SEP

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

64,867

65,305

64,886

65,242

64,352

63,723

63,996

64,139

65,199

64,634

Employment

62,530

63,161

62,691

63,367

62,471

61,282

61,678

61,896

63,245

62,480

Unemployment

2,337

2,144

2,195

1,875

1,881

2,441

2,318

2,243

1,954

2,154

Unemployment Rate

3.6

3.3

3.4

2.9

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.0

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

JUL

AUG

SEP

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

39,751

39,617

39,268

39,617

39,715

39,338

39,478

39,191

39,042

39,446

Employment

37,916

37,921

37,681

38,257

38,372

37,635

37,893

37,634

37,657

37,885

Unemployment

1,835

1,696

1,587

1,360

1,343

1,703

1,585

1,557

1,385

1,561

Unemployment Rate

4.6

4.3

4.0

3.4

4.3

4.0

3.5

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

JUL

AUG

SEP

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

234,867

234,378

235,321

236,471

234,911

232,429

235,752

234,355

234,471

234,773

Employment

227,984

228,059

229,197

231,234

229,804

225,812

229,752

228,219

229,153

228,802

Unemployment

6,883

6,319

6,124

5,237

5,107

6,617

6,000

6,136

5,318

5,971

Unemployment Rate

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.2

2.8

2.5

2.6

2.3

2.5

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

JUL

AUG

SEP

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

189,440

188,214

186,411

187,687

185,579

185,703

186,680

185,378

184,944

186,670

Employment

178,038

177,464

177,385

179,912

177,992

176,142

177,747

176,462

177,395

177,615

Unemployment

11,402

10,750

9,026

7,775

7,587

9,561

8,933

8,916

7,549

9,055

Unemployment Rate

6.0

5.7

4.8

4.1

5.1

4.8

4.1

4.9

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

JUL

AUG

SEP

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

172,674

171,506

169,476

171,149

170,363

169,477

171,049

169,620

168,084

170,378

Employment

163,462

162,884

162,378

164,957

164,277

161,855

163,714

162,485

161,816

163,092

Unemployment

9,212

8,622

7,098

6,192

6,086

7,622

7,335

7,135

6,268

7,286

Unemployment Rate

5.3

5.0

4.2

3.6

4.5

4.3

4.2

3.7

4.3

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

JUL

AUG

SEP

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

115,048

115,103

113,393

114,136

113,200

111,804

112,651

113,391

113,709

113,603

Employment

109,932

110,423

109,263

110,551

109,573

107,210

108,240

109,167

110,083

109,382

Unemployment

5,116

4,680

4,130

3,585

3,627

4,594

4,411

4,224

3,626

4,221

Unemployment Rate

4.4

4.1

3.6

3.1

3.2

4.1

3.9

3.7

3.2

3.7

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

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