Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Marty Redden announced Dec. 20 that Alabama’s labor force participation rate for November remained unchanged at 57.6%.
The percentage of prime-age workers decreased by two-tenths of a percentage point to 78.9% over the month. Over the year, this number increased by half of a percentage point from 78.4%. Prime-age workers are those aged 25-54 years.
Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 3.1%, up from October 2024’s rate of 2.9%. November’s rate is above November 2023’s rate of 2.8%. The rate represents 73,278 unemployed persons, compared to 69,257 in October and 64,404 in November 2023.
In Dallas County, the non-seasonally adjusted rate rose from 5.9% in October to 6.4% in November. The unemployment rate also increased from 5.6% in November 2023.
Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby County at 2.6%, Morgan County at 2.7%, and Chilton, Cullman, Madison, Marshall, and St. Clair Counties at 2.8%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Wilcox County at 9.3%, Clarke and Greene Counties at 6.6%, and Dallas County at 6.4%.