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Dallas County, AL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Dallas County’s unemployment rate is 5.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 12 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Dallas County economy

  • 5.6%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.0% the month before

  • 14,702

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 37,536

    people in Dallas County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $36,810

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 29%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Dallas County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Dallas 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 Dallas 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. International Paper5 open roles
  2. Alamo Group2 open roles
  3. Aletheia House1 open role
  4. Gentiva1 open role
  5. KEMPER1 open role
  6. Regions Financial1 open role
  7. ScionHealth1 open role
  8. Surge Staffing1 open role

Colleges in Dallas County

Colleges in Dallas County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Selma UniversitySelmaPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Dallas County. 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

  • Selma Career Center

    Selma · Affiliate · 334-872-0471

    8:00am-5:00pm Mon-Fri

Cities in Dallas County

Other Alabama counties

All of Alabama

Laid off or looking for work in Dallas 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.