Alabama workforce development boards and American Job Centers

Alabama at a glance

• 3.6%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

• 31

  WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  naming 2,884 workers

• 44

  American Job Centers

• 31

  colleges in the IPEDS directory

  public and private nonprofit

See every Alabama layoff notice

Workforce boards

• Central, Region 5 Board

  Autauga, Bullock, Chambers, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Perry, Russell, Tallapoosa

• East, Region 2 Board

  Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph, Talladega

• North Central, Region 4 Board

  Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker

• North, Region 1 Board

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

• Southeast, Region 6 Board

  Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Pike

• SWAPTE

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

• West, Region 3 Board

  Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa

American Job Centers