Alabama jobless rate dips to record 3%
Published 2:03 pm Friday, October 18, 2019
- In this July 1, 2019, photo workers reach for a transport vehicle lowered to their position at the very top the roof structure currently under construction atop Globe Life Field as a light rain falls in Arlington, Texas.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s unemployment rate has fallen to a record 3%.
An announcement released Friday by the Department of Labor says the state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate for September was one-tenth of a percent below the previous low set in August.
It was also a half-percent lower than the U.S. unemployment rate of 3.5% in September.
The state unemployment number represents about 67,000 unemployed people compared to 2.2 million with jobs. Average private earnings increased by nearly $12 over the month to $862.
Shelby County in metro Birmingham has the state’s lowest jobless rate at 1.9%, which Wilcox County in rural west Alabama is highest at 6.2%.
