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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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November 2024
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Alabama:
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Alabama’s labor force participation rate for November remained unchanged at 57.6%. The percentage of prime-age workers decreased by two-tenths of a percentage point to 78.9% over the month. Over the year, this number increased by half of a percentage point from 78.4%.
Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 3.1%, up from October 2024’s rate of 2.9%. November’s rate is above November 2023’s rate of 2.8%. The rate represents 73,278 unemployed persons, compared to 69,257 in October and 64,404 in November 2023.
The number of people counted as employed increased by 17,150 over the year to 2,278,876. The civilian labor force also increased to 2,352,154, a new record high, with 26,024 more people joining over the year.
Over the year, wage and salary employment increased by 37,300 to 2,232,000, also a new record high, with gains in the private education and health services sector (+8,800), the leisure and hospitality sector (+6,500), and the government sector (+6,200), among others.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby County at 2.6%, Morgan County at 2.7%, and Chilton, Cullman, Madison, Marshall, and St. Clair Counties at 2.8%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Wilcox County at 9.3%, Clarke and Greene Counties at 6.6%, and Dallas County at 6.4%.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Homewood at 2.3%, Hoover and Vestavia Hills at 2.4%, and Madison at 2.5%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Selma at 7.4%, Prichard at 5.8%, and Bessemer at 4.9%.
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