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Alabama: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Alabama from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20263.5%#18 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20252.9%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20252.38M+0.9% on a year earlier
Employed, 20252.31M67,871 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
1.8M2M2.2M2.4M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20252.9%2,380,2752,312,40467,871
20243.0%2,359,3902,289,12070,270
20232.5%2,315,0012,257,84757,154
20222.5%2,277,7572,220,07457,683
20213.4%2,251,6562,175,85975,797
20206.4%2,258,2492,113,768144,481
20193.2%2,264,2712,191,96772,304
20183.9%2,236,1612,148,82387,338
20174.5%2,207,2672,107,65999,608
20165.8%2,196,4962,069,474127,022
20156.1%2,172,6192,040,087132,532
20146.8%2,169,0912,022,380146,711
20137.4%2,182,4782,021,745160,733
20128.2%2,192,6332,013,627179,006
20119.6%2,218,2502,006,247212,003
201010.4%2,215,9311,986,101229,830
20099.7%2,171,2251,959,701211,524
20085.9%2,199,9912,070,031129,960
20074.1%2,200,2962,110,78389,513
20064.0%2,187,1672,099,30687,861
20054.5%2,153,9732,058,08295,891
20045.6%2,151,5452,031,308120,237
20035.9%2,138,7832,011,688127,095
20025.9%2,121,0611,996,406124,655
20015.1%2,132,2612,022,599109,662
20004.7%2,149,1842,049,24699,938
19994.7%2,149,4652,047,964101,501
19984.5%2,139,0982,043,37095,728
19975.0%2,128,3882,022,990105,398
19965.2%2,088,8171,980,345108,472
19955.9%2,065,6521,944,483121,169
19946.2%2,033,8841,908,247125,637
19937.2%1,996,8351,852,186144,649
19927.5%1,961,6591,814,253147,406
19917.3%1,921,8881,782,407139,481
19906.8%1,905,8761,775,847130,029
19897.0%1,882,3941,750,934131,460
19887.3%1,854,9471,719,922135,025
19878.2%1,848,3101,696,675151,635
19869.5%1,834,2111,659,628174,583
19859.6%1,791,5151,619,802171,713
198411.4%1,777,1201,574,773202,347
198313.8%1,749,5711,507,337242,234
198213.8%1,713,2241,476,783236,441
198110.8%1,685,5451,503,812181,733
19808.7%1,674,8441,529,549145,295
19797.2%1,658,2461,538,621119,625
19786.5%1,619,6921,514,671105,021
19777.1%1,563,5941,452,205111,389
19766.7%1,500,6151,399,921100,694

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.