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Limestone County, AL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Limestone County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 7 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Limestone County economy

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.4% the month before

  • 58,891

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 107,577

    people in Limestone County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $83,534

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 41%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Limestone County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Limestone 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 Limestone 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. Actalent2 open roles
  2. gpac1 open role
  3. Grayson Carter & Son Contracting1 open role
  4. Huntsville Hospital Health System1 open role
  5. Snap-on1 open role

Colleges in Limestone County

Colleges in Limestone County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Athens State UniversityAthensPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • North, Region 1 Board

    Colbert, Cullman, De Kalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Winston

Cities in Limestone County

Other Alabama counties

All of Alabama

Laid off or looking for work in Limestone 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.