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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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September 2024
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Alabama:
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Alabama’s labor force participation rate for September held steady at 57.5%. The percentage of prime-age workers decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 79.3% over the month. Over the year, this number increased 1.3 percentage points from 78.0%. Prime-age workers are those aged 25-54 years.
Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 2.9%, up from August 2024’s revised rate of 2.8%. September’s rate is above September 2023’s rate of 2.7%. The rate represents 67,405 unemployed persons, compared to 66,621 in August and 61,658 in September 2023.
The number of people counted as employed increased by 18,391 over the year to 2,278,613, a new record high. The civilian labor force also increased to a new record high of 2,346,018, with 24,138 more people joining over the year.
Over the year, wage and salary employment increased by 40,700 to 2,213,300 with gains in the private education and health services sector (+10,800), the trade, transportation, and utilities sector (+ 7,800), and the government sector (+6,700), among others.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby County at 2.3%, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan Counties at 2.5%, and Cherokee, Cleburne, Cullman, Limestone, and St. Clair Counties at 2.6%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Wilcox County at 8.2%, Clarke and Greene Counties at 6.1%, and Dallas and Perry Counties at 5.8%.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Homewood, Trussville, and Vestavia Hills at 2.2%, Alabaster and Hoover at 2.3%, and Madison and Northport at 2.4%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Selma at 6.1%, Prichard at 5.8%, and Bessemer at 4.6%.
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