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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).
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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October 2021
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September 2021
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Alabama:
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United States:
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Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted October unemployment rate is 3.1%, unchanged from September, and well below October 2020’s rate of 4.7%. October’s rate represents 67,829 unemployed persons, compared to 68,576 in September and 107,301 in October 2020. This represents an over-the-year decrease of 39,472.
Over the year, wage and salary employment increased 63,300, rising to 2,070,500, a new yearly high, with gains in the leisure and hospitality sector (+22,500), the manufacturing sector (+10,100), and the trade, transportation, and utilities sector (+9,500), among others.
Wage and salary employment increased in October by 28,700. Monthly gains were seen in the professional and business services sector (+6,400), the leisure and hospitality sector (+5,600), and the education and health services sector (+4,700), among others.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby and Cullman Counties at 1.7%, Marshall and Blount Counties at 1.8%, and Limestone, Franklin, Cleburne, and Cherokee Counties at 1.9%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Wilcox County at 9.7%, Lowndes County at 7.8%, and Perry County at 7.1%.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Homewood at 1.5%, Vestavia Hills, Hoover, Alabaster, and Athens at 1.7%, and Madison at 1.8%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Selma at 7.9%, Prichard at 6.5%, and Anniston at 5.8%.
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