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Clarke County, AL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Clarke County’s unemployment rate is 6.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Clarke County economy

  • 6.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.4% the month before

  • 7,963

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 22,802

    people in Clarke County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $49,167

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 27%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Clarke County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Clarke 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 Clarke 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. Packaging Corporation of America1 open role
  2. Packaging Corporation Of America1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • SWAPTE

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

  • Jackson Career Center

    Jackson · Affiliate · 251-246-2453

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

Cities in Clarke County

Other Alabama counties

All of Alabama

Laid off or looking for work in Clarke 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.