Alabama’s already historically low unemployment rate has dropped yet again, dipping from 2.3% in March to 2.2% in April, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office confirmed Friday.
According to a Friday release from the Governor’s office, the 2.5% rate represents a decrease in unemployment in the state over the last month and the last year, with around 56,221 recorded people currently unemployed in Alabama.
Alabama jobless rate drops to 3.6%, wages rise
May 21, 2021
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Alabama s unemployment rate dropped to 3.6% last month, and a hiring surging prompted by renewed business activity as the pandemic eases is driving up wages in the state, labor officials said Friday.
The preliminary, seasonally adjusted jobless rate for April was 3.6%, down a bit from March and nearly 10 percentage points below April 2020, when shutdowns prompted by the coronavirus outbreak decimated businesses. The number represents about 80,000 unemployed people statewide compared to nearly 290,000 at the same time a year ago.
The number of people employed increased by 253,632 over the year to 2.2 million, according to a statement from the Alabama Department of Labor.