Labor Market Information, a Division of the Alabama Department of Workforce

Workforce Development

The Workforce Information Grant Unit provides instructors, career coaches, students and job seekers with the necessary data and resources to succeed in the labor market, while also informing policy makers on strategic decisions.

This tool uses the Business Finder on the CareerOneStop website to search for employers by keyword, business name, industry, or occupation. Listings in Business Finder are provided by Data Axle ® and are not reported from confidential BLS records.

US Census Bureau, Local Employment Dynamics

The Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program at the U.S. Census Bureau has enhanced the nation's statistical infrastructure by exploring the interactions between workers and firms. By linking employer and household data, the LEHD program has built a comprehensive database of longitudinally linked jobs data.

OnTheMap (OTM) is a web-based mapping and reporting application that shows where workers are employed and where they live. It also provides companion reports on age, earnings, industry distributions, race, ethnicity, educational attainment, and sex.

Statewide and Regional Reports for Industry and Employment

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Accelerate Alabama

MadeInAlabama

Accelerate Alabama is a strategic plan developed January 2012 to provide direction for economic development in the state for at least the next three years. Eleven industry clusters were identified as areas of focus for recruitment, retention, and renewal in the state. As a partner agency, the Alabama Department of Workforce provides information to support statewide economic development efforts. As a result, The Labor Market Information Division developed a presentation on each industry cluster which provides both trends and the most recent data to assist with the efforts of this initiative. For more information on the Accelerate Alabama plan visit http://www.madeinalabama.com/.



An overview of each Industry Cluster is provided below:




High Demand Occupations

The Alabama Department of Workforce, Labor Market Information Division develops a full profile of Industrial and Occupational Projections in cooperation with the Projections Managing Partnership (PMP). These projections support functional partners across the state and regional areas.

Applying criteria established by The Alabama Committee on Credentialing and Career Pathways (ACCCP), the Workforce Information Grant Unit determines occupations are High Demand within the Statewide and the seven Local Area Boards (WIOA Regions). These occupations match career pathways and competency-based frameworks that are set forth by the ACCCP and its Technical Advisory Committees (TACs). Click the following link to review the High Demand Methodology.

STATEWIDE POSTERS AND BROCHURES


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Full Demand List: 

Less Than Bachelor Demand List: 

Fast Growing Demand List: 

Top 25 Demand List: 

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Archives


Alabama Certifications and Licenses

This 2019-2023 report, The State Certifications and Licenses Data, provides data to see relationships that exist between certifications/licenses and several different descriptive variables, such as demographics, occupations, industries, wages, and labor force. Report developed by The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Information Institute.

High Tech in Alabama

Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics standards of High Technology Industries and Occupations, this report displays the dispersion of high tech employment in the State and the Workforce Development Regions (WDR). It concludes with employment projections for these high tech industries and occupations for the State and regions. This report was originally published in 2015.

Alabama Underemployment Forecast

This report presents the results of the first attempt at forecasting underemployment rates in the State of Alabama, Workforce Development Regions, and counties for 2013 through 2018 using past underemployment survey results.

Alabama Underemployment Report

2012 estimates of underemployed and characteristics of employed, underemployed and nonworkers for the state and workforce development areas. Includes the survey questions for underemployed and the results of the questions by area.

Underemployment Rate Forecasts And Survey Results Comparison

This report presents a comparison of the 2013 underemployment survey results with the first attempt at forecasting those rates for the State of Alabama, workforce development regions, and counties. 2013 survey results are compared against the forecasted results for 2013.

Current Reports and Surveys


County Profiles

Alabama counties are detailed based on demographics, labor force data, online resumes by occupation, labor demand, occupational wages, industry employment and trends, and postsecondary education data.

Health Care Industry Cluster Report

Similar to the Accelerate Alabama target industry cluster reports, this report provides a vast amount of data on the Healthcare Industry in the state to include; number of employers, size of employers, top occupations, employment trends, projections, and various demographics of workers in the industry. This report will be updated annually.

Online Jobs Data

The 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).

2024 Alabama State of the Workforce Report

Statewide and area reports are the collaborative effort of several state agencies and the University of Alabama. Economic analysis is presented by the Center for Business and Economic Research(CBER) and the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR).

Older Worker Report

Workforce Alabama's report on the geographic distribution and characteristics of older workers in Alabama.

Workforce Development Contacts


Phone/Fax: (334) 956-7465
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email: lmi@workforce.alabama.gov
Alabama Department of Workforce
Labor Market Information Division
5​0 ​N. ​R​i​p​l​e​y ​S​t​r​e​e​t #4303
Montgomery, AL 36131