Etowah County, AL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Etowah County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 11 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Etowah County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.0% the month before
41,659
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
103,208
people in Etowah County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$53,070
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Etowah County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Etowah 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 Etowah 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.

Community Health Systems3 open roles
Amedisys1 open role
Central Valley Medical Center1 open role
Cintas1 open role
Five Below1 open role
Hawthorne Health1 open role
Kito Crosby1 open role
Nexgen Auto Management1 open role
The Crosby Group1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

East, Region 2 Board
Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph, Talladega

Gadsden Career Center
Gadsden · Affiliate · 256-546-4667
8:00am-5:00pm Mon-Fri

Cities in Etowah County

Gadsden9 jobs

Other Alabama counties

All of Alabama

Laid off or looking for work in Etowah County?

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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.