Tag: unemployment rate
Alabama jobless rate matches all-time low of 2.9%
Alabama’s unemployment rate decreased slightly in March to 2.9%, matching the all-time low from the period before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold,...
Fitzgerald Washington: 2019 Economic Wrap-Up
Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington discusses the strength of Alabama's economy.
Alabama breaks employment record for fourth consecutive month
More than 2.1 million people were working in Alabama in August, which breaks the previous employment record for the fourth consecutive month.
That's according to...
Alabama’s October unemployment rate falls to all-time record low
Alabama's unemployment rate figures for October are in, and the state has officially reached the lowest rate it's ever had.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey made...
Alabama’s August unemployment rate falls to 4.2%
Alabama’s unemployment rate has dropped below the national average for the first time since October 2013.
Governor Kay Ivey's office said Friday the seasonally adjusted jobless...
Alabama’s unemployment rate drops to 4.5% in July
Alabama's unemployment rate dropped to 4.5% last month, down from 4.6% in June, according to data released Friday morning by Governor Kay Ivey.
“This month, there are...
Alabama unemployment rate drops to 6.2 percent
The Alabama unemployment rate dropped two tenths of a point in February compared with the previous month.
According to its preliminary unemployment estimates the Alabama...
Even as state adds jobs, Alabama unemployment rate rises to 6.4...
The unemployment rate in Alabama has ticked up slightly, even as the state added 6,500 jobs in January.
The Alabama Department of Labor said Monday the January...
Alabama unemployment rate lowest since 2008
Alabama’s total unemployment rate continued to fall in August, dropping to 5.7 percent from the June rate of 6.1 percent, according to data released Friday by Gov. Robert...
State’s February unemployment rate holds fast at 6.2 percent
Gov. Robert Bentley said Friday that Alabama's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate had held steady at 6.2 percent, though the unadjusted rate is 6.5 percent.
“The momentum...