Alabama Labor Market Information Division

Metropolitan Year-to-Date Labor Force Estimates for 2023

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ANNISTON-OXFORD MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

46,059

46,141

46,290

46,214

46,195

46,367

46,177

46,371

45,876

45,985

46,022

46,140

Employment

44,358

44,526

44,879

45,057

44,982

44,638

44,572

44,826

44,575

44,668

44,842

44,967

44,741

Unemployment

1,701

1,615

1,411

1,157

1,213

1,729

1,605

1,545

1,301

1,317

1,143

1,055

1,399

Unemployment Rate

3.7

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.6

3.7

3.5

3.3

2.8

2.9

2.5

2.3

3.0

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2022 benchmark.

AUBURN-OPELIKA MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

77,865

78,751

78,787

79,161

79,015

79,715

79,268

79,934

80,176

80,366

80,332

80,224

79,466

Employment

75,745

76,707

77,025

77,759

77,428

77,327

77,035

77,714

78,425

78,579

78,684

78,709

77,595

Unemployment

2,120

2,044

1,762

1,402

1,587

2,388

2,233

2,220

1,751

1,787

1,648

1,515

1,871

Unemployment Rate

2.7

2.6

2.2

1.8

2.0

3.0

2.8

2.2

2.1

1.9

2.4

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2022 benchmark.

BIRMINGHAM-HOOVER MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

565,329

567,571

569,526

567,226

569,439

570,992

571,007

569,565

564,662

565,340

561,805

564,006

567,206

Employment

549,140

552,296

556,618

556,606

557,964

554,483

555,733

554,283

551,906

552,460

550,281

553,251

553,752

Unemployment

16,189

15,275

12,908

10,620

11,475

16,509

15,274

15,282

12,756

12,880

11,524

10,755

13,454

Unemployment Rate

2.9

2.7

2.3

1.9

2.0

2.9

2.7

2.3

2.1

1.9

2.4

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2022 benchmark.

DAPHNE-FAIRHOPE-FOLEY MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

100,294

100,785

101,836

102,295

103,596

105,188

105,485

104,243

102,370

103,176

102,495

102,420

102,849

Employment

97,459

98,078

99,532

100,416

101,523

102,168

102,791

101,517

100,059

100,899

100,375

100,366

100,432

Unemployment

2,835

2,707

2,304

1,879

2,073

3,020

2,694

2,726

2,311

2,277

2,120

2,054

2,417

Unemployment Rate

2.8

2.7

2.3

2.0

2.9

2.6

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.4

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2022 benchmark.

DECATUR MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

74,640

74,884

75,339

75,196

75,478

76,088

75,878

75,925

75,469

75,721

75,908

76,153

75,557

Employment

72,723

73,086

73,800

73,911

74,077

73,998

73,975

74,058

73,940

74,202

74,510

74,879

73,930

Unemployment

1,917

1,798

1,539

1,285

1,401

2,090

1,903

1,867

1,529

1,519

1,398

1,274

1,627

Unemployment Rate

2.6

2.4

2.0

1.7

1.9

2.7

2.5

2.0

1.8

1.7

2.2

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2022 benchmark.

DOTHAN MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

65,576

65,598

65,918

65,782

66,064

66,357

66,738

66,770

66,374

67,031

66,815

66,825

66,321

Employment

63,526

63,698

64,327

64,459

64,610

64,245

64,788

64,837

64,784

65,377

65,337

65,399

64,616

Unemployment

2,050

1,900

1,591

1,323

1,454

2,112

1,950

1,933

1,590

1,654

1,478

1,426

1,705

Unemployment Rate

3.1

2.9

2.4

2.0

2.2

3.2

2.9

2.4

2.5

2.2

2.1

2.6

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2022 benchmark.

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FLORENCE-MUSCLE SHOALS MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

66,127

66,125

67,030

66,755

66,982

67,002

66,935

66,919

66,672

67,078

67,035

66,476

66,761

Employment

63,918

64,076

65,343

65,323

65,356

64,631

64,757

64,784

64,943

65,413

65,450

64,905

64,908

Unemployment

2,209

2,049

1,687

1,432

1,626

2,371

2,178

2,135

1,729

1,665

1,585

1,571

1,853

Unemployment Rate

3.3

3.1

2.5

2.1

2.4

3.5

3.3

3.2

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.8

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2022 benchmark.

GADSDEN MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

39,297

39,445

39,358

39,386

39,508

39,776

39,524

39,305

38,830

38,893

38,980

38,985

39,274

Employment

37,854

38,073

38,197

38,420

38,470

38,298

38,181

38,003

37,704

37,771

37,990

38,061

38,085

Unemployment

1,443

1,372

1,161

966

1,038

1,478

1,343

1,302

1,126

1,122

990

924

1,189

Unemployment Rate

3.7

3.5

2.9

2.5

2.6

3.7

3.4

3.3

2.9

2.5

2.4

3.0

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2022 benchmark.

HUNTSVILLE MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

243,494

245,817

247,245

247,289

247,736

248,905

248,699

247,932

246,880

247,965

249,148

249,673

247,566

Employment

237,411

240,004

242,308

243,273

243,228

242,246

242,573

241,946

241,835

242,960

244,563

245,381

242,311

Unemployment

6,083

5,813

4,937

4,016

4,508

6,659

6,126

5,986

5,045

5,005

4,585

4,292

5,255

Unemployment Rate

2.5

2.4

2.0

1.6

1.8

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.0

1.8

1.7

2.1

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2022 benchmark.

MOBILE MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

191,605

192,522

192,645

191,248

191,853

192,195

192,808

193,070

191,489

192,644

192,605

193,070

192,312

Employment

184,156

185,336

186,695

186,266

186,543

184,873

185,695

185,976

185,507

186,679

187,373

187,782

186,073

Unemployment

7,449

7,186

5,950

4,982

5,310

7,322

7,113

7,094

5,982

5,965

5,232

5,288

6,239

Unemployment Rate

3.9

3.7

3.1

2.6

2.8

3.8

3.7

3.1

2.7

3.2

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2022 benchmark.

MONTGOMERY MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

175,264

175,315

175,152

174,777

175,183

175,632

176,533

177,166

175,186

175,866

176,401

176,050

175,710

Employment

169,411

169,770

170,428

170,944

171,078

169,886

170,830

171,597

170,430

170,990

172,131

171,929

170,785

Unemployment

5,853

5,545

4,724

3,833

4,105

5,746

5,703

5,569

4,756

4,876

4,270

4,121

4,925

Unemployment Rate

3.3

3.2

2.7

2.2

2.3

3.3

3.2

3.1

2.7

2.8

2.4

2.3

2.8

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2022 benchmark.

TUSCALOOSA MSA

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

Civilian Labor Force

115,240

116,523

116,199

116,605

115,972

116,310

116,776

117,688

118,169

118,433

118,590

118,386

117,074

Employment

111,580

113,099

113,303

114,218

113,311

112,309

112,998

114,108

115,314

115,516

115,953

115,996

113,975

Unemployment

3,660

3,424

2,896

2,387

2,661

4,001

3,778

3,580

2,855

2,917

2,637

2,390

3,099

Unemployment Rate

3.2

2.9

2.5

2.0

2.3

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.4

2.5

2.2

2.0

2.6

Estimates prepared by the Alabama Department of Labor in Cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, based on 2022 benchmark.

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