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Alabama jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Alabama’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. 2,568 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 31 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Alabama economy

  • 3.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.8% the month before

  • 2,362,622

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 5,054,253

    people in Alabama

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $62,027

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 37%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Alabama layoffs

  • 31

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 2,884

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 31

    employers

WARN notices filed in Alabama, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
The AndersonsTakes effect Dec 2, 2026Montgomery64ClosureState record
DAL-TILE LLCTakes effect Oct 16, 2026Florence144ClosureState record
First Transit Inc.Takes effect Dec 18, 2026Tuscaloosa88ClosureState record
Ozark Materials LLCTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Greenville52ClosureState record
Diatherix Laboratories LLCTakes effect Oct 31, 2026Huntsville55ClosureState record
Flagstone FoodsTakes effect Oct 22, 2026Dothan98LayoffState record
FortrexTakes effect Sep 11, 2026Blountsville50LayoffState record
Fluor Enterprises Inc.Takes effect Jul 31, 2026Bay Minette66LayoffState record
Biocryst Pharmaceuticals IncTakes effect Oct 7, 2026Hoover47ClosureState record
FMC CorporationTakes effect Oct 31, 2026Axis41LayoffState record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Alabama

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Regions Financial74 open roles
  2. L3HARRIS Technologies67 open roles
  3. Lockheed Martin63 open roles
  4. Northrop Grumman60 open roles
  5. Trinzic51 open roles
  6. Blue Origin47 open roles
  7. Auburn University at Montgomery40 open roles
  8. RTX39 open roles
  9. Leidos38 open roles
  10. Brasfield & Gorrie33 open roles
  11. Huntsville Hospital Health System27 open roles
  12. Anduril Industries26 open roles

Higher education in Alabama

  • 31

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 305,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Alabama

Largest colleges in Alabama
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Auburn UniversityAuburnPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of AlabamaTuscaloosaPublic 4-year20,000+
University of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamPublic 4-year20,000+
Troy UniversityTroyPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of North AlabamaFlorencePublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of South AlabamaMobilePublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Alabama A & M UniversityNormalPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Auburn University at MontgomeryMontgomeryPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonvillePublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Samford UniversityBirminghamPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsvillePublic 4-year5,000–9,999
University of West AlabamaLivingstonPublic 4-year5,000–9,999

All 31 Alabama colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Alabama. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Central, Region 5 Board

    Autauga, Bullock, Chambers, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Perry, Russell, Tallapoosa

  • East, Region 2 Board

    Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph, Talladega

  • North Central, Region 4 Board

    Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker

  • North, Region 1 Board

    Colbert, Cullman, De Kalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Winston

  • Southeast, Region 6 Board

    Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Pike

  • SWAPTE

    Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox

  • West, Region 3 Board

    Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa

44 American Job Centers in Alabama

Job fairs and business events in Alabama

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Alabama.

Conferences in Alabama

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Alabama, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 7 with dates announced.

All conferences

Alabama counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Alabama cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Alabama?

See what to do first, what Alabama unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Alabama’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Alabama unemployment benefits.