Alabama Jobless Rate Drops to 3.6% as Wages Rise
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.6% last month, and a hiring surging prompted by renewed business activity as the pandemic eases is driving up wages in the state. The state labor agency said Friday the jobless rate for April was 3.6%. That’s down a bit from March and nearly 10 percentage points below April 2020, when…
