Alabama Unemployment Rate

Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted September unemployment rate is 4.1%.

September’s rate represents 2,117,027 people working. In August, 2,112,099 people were counted as employed, and 2,082,085 were counted as employed in September 2017.

Average weekly earnings increased over the year by $53.82.——about $1 a week.

Counties with the highest unemployment rates are all in the Black Belt: Wilcox County at 9.3%, Clarke County at 7.3%, and Lowndes County at 7.2%.

Counties with the lowest unemployment rates: Shelby County at 2.8%, Cullman County at 3.1%, and Marshall and Elmore Counties at 3.3%.

Major cities with the lowest unemployment rates are: Vestavia Hills at 2.5%, Homewood at 2.6%, and Alabaster at 2.7%.  Major cities with the highest unemployment rates are: Selma at 7.7%, Prichard at 7.2%, and Bessemer and Anniston at 5.2%.