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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 January held steady at 2.7%. This is below January 2025's rate of 3.1%. The rate represents 64,061 unemployed people, compared to 64,776 in December and 72,543 in January 2025.
The number of people counted as employed increased by 17,703 over the year to 2,323,588, a new record high. The civilian labor force also increased to 2,387,649, with 9,221 more people joining over the year.
Over the year, wage and salary employment increased by 10,600 to 2,184,200, with gains in the leisure and hospitality sector (+6,400), the professional and business services sector (+5,500), and the construction sector (+3,300), among others.
Average weekly wages increased by $85.22 over the year to a new record high of $1,150.59. Wages in the manufacturing sector, trade, transportation, and utilities sector and the professional and business services sector all increased to new record highs.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby and Elmore Counties at 2.3%, Blount County at 2.4%, and St. Clair, Morgan, Madison, Limestone, Lee, Lawrence, Chilton, Chambers, and Autauga Counties at 2.5%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Perry County at 6.6%, Greene County at 6.4%, and Monroe County at 6.2%.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Trussville and Pelham at 2.0%, Madison at 2.1%, and Vestavia Hills, Hoover, and Alabaster at 2.2%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Prichard at 6.2%, Selma at 4.4%, and Mobile and Anniston at 4.0%.
Unemployment Snapshot
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