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Local Area Unemployment Statistics for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown; therefore, estimates are not available for October 2025.
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Workforce Alabama's Veteran's Report
Online Job Ad Data Series fills a critical gap in the current U.S. economic indicators by providing real-time monthly measures of labor demand (advertised vacancies) at the state and sub-state regional 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.
Click here
for information about job terminations in Alabama.
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Unemployment Details
Alabama’s preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December held steady at 2.7%. This is below December 2024’s rate of 3.3%. The rate represents 64,150 unemployed persons, compared to 65,264 in November and 78,478 in December 2024.
The number of people counted as employed increased by 35,819 over the year to 2,317,206, a new record high. The civilian labor force also increased to 2,381,356, with 21,491 more people joining over the year.
Over the year, wage and salary employment increased by 9,100 to 2,221,300, with gains in the leisure and hospitality sector (+6,700), the private education and health services sector (+4,900), and the construction sector (+3,400), among others.
Wages in the construction sector increased over the month to a new record high of $1,421.56 weekly.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby and Elmore Counties at 1.8%, St. Clair, Morgan, Marhsall, Madison, Limestone, Chambers, and Blount Counties at 1.9%, and Lee, Lawrence, DeKalb, Cleburne, Chilton, and Autauga Counties at 2.0%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Perry County at 5.1%, Monroe County at 4.8%, and Greene County at 4.7%.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Trussville and Alabaster at 1.6%, Pelham and Hoover at 1.7%, and Vestavia Hills, Prattville, Madison, and Homewood at 1.8%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Prichard at 4.7%, Selma at 3.3%, and Bessemer and Anniston at 3.2%.
Unemployment Snapshot
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