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Lee County, AL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lee County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 54 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lee County economy

  • 3.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.7% the month before

  • 91,584

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 177,663

    people in Lee County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $61,123

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 46%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lee County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lee 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 Lee 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. Faith Technologies4 open roles
  2. Terracon Consultants4 open roles
  3. Builders FirstSource3 open roles
  4. Regal Rexnord3 open roles
  5. Auburn University2 open roles
  6. Better Hire2 open roles
  7. Botanic2 open roles
  8. General Electric2 open roles
  9. IES Holdings2 open roles
  10. La-Z-Boy2 open roles

Colleges in Lee County

Colleges in Lee County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Auburn UniversityAuburnPublic 4-year20,000+

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lee 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

Cities in Lee County

Other Alabama counties

All of Alabama

Laid off or looking for work in Lee 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.