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Barbour County, AL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Barbour County’s unemployment rate is 4.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Barbour County economy

  • 4.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.8% the month before

  • 8,727

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 24,757

    people in Barbour County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $44,290

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 27%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Barbour County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Barbour County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Barbour County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Medctrbarbour1 open role
  2. Southern Company1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Eufaula Career Center

    Eufaula · Affiliate · 334-687-8251

    7:30am-4:30pm Mon-Fri

Cities in Barbour County

Other Alabama counties

All of Alabama

Laid off or looking for work in Barbour County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Alabama’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.