Alabama jobless rate

A medical device manufacturer in Alabama has announced plans to close its plant in November, a move that will impact nearly 500 workers.

A North Alabama event hopes to create opportunity for more job seekers. The North Alabama Hiring Expo is a job fair for people with disabilities. Organizers hope to connect potential employees with top employers from the region.

Alabama’s economy has added close to fifty thousand jobs so far this year. Still, that didn’t help the State do well in a national study on best places to find a job.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says Alabama was the only state that had a higher unemployment rate in July than it did a year ago. July marked the…

Alabama's unemployment rate for June is unchanged at 6.8 percent.Gov. Robert Bentley said Friday the seasonally adjusted rate represents nearly 145,000…

Alabama's unemployment rate dipped slightly in May, but it was higher than the same month a year ago.Gov. Robert Bentley reported Friday that Alabama…

Alabama's unemployment rate is rising.The state Department of Labor says Alabama's March unemployment rate is 6.7 percent, which is three-tenths of a…

Alabama's unemployment rate is once again down to a five-year low of 6.2 percent.The governor's office said Friday that the state's jobless rate dropped…

Alabama had the second lowest unemployment rate in the Southeast in July. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Virginia's rate of 5.7 percent…