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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.
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for information about job terminations in Alabama.
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Alabama’s labor force participation rate for July decreased slightly to 57.9%, down from 58.0% in June. Over the year, the rate increased by four-tenths of a percentage point. The percentage of prime-age workers also decreased slightly by one-tenth of a percentage point to 78.4% over the month. Prime-age workers are those aged 25-54 years.
Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted July unemployment rate is 3.0%, down from June 2025’s rate of 3.2%. July’s rate is equal to July 2024’s rate. The rate represents 72,506 unemployed persons, compared to 75,640 in June and 71,308 in July 2024.
The number of people counted as employed increased by 33,876 over the year to 2,311,434, a new record high. The civilian labor force also increased to 2,383,940, with 35,074 more people joining over the year.
Over the year, wage and salary employment increased by 28,700 to 2,211,200, with gains in the private education and health services sector (+10,100), the government sector (+5,100), and the leisure and hospitality sector (+4,600), among others.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby, St. Clair, Limestone, Elmore, and Blount Counties at 2.3%, Morgan, Madison, Baldwin, and Autauga Counties at 2.4%, and Marshall, Lawrence, Cullman, and Cleburne Counties at 2.5%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Perry County at 6.9%, Greene County at 5.8%, and Wilcox County at 5.6%.
Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Vestavia Hills at 2.0%, Trussville, Pelham, and Hoover at 2.1%, and Madison and Alabaster at 2.2%. Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Prichard at 6.3%, Selma at 4.8%, and Tuscaloosa at 4.5%.
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