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  • Montgomery Career Center will be hosting the Semi-Annual Montgomery City Wide Career Fair

    Alabama Department of Workforce

    APRIL 29, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - The Montgomery Career Center will be hosting the Semi-Annual Montgomery City Wide Career Fair in partnership with The City of Montgomery. Montgomery – The Montgomery Career Center is hosting a Semi-Annual Montgomery City Wide Career Fair in partnership with The City of Montgomery. Multiple Private Companies and Government agencies will be attending. Some employers include Alabama State Personnel, Montgomery Personnel Board, Personnel Board of Jefferson C...

  • Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, and Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, are the Top Jobs in March

    Alabama Department of Workforce|Apr 24, 2025

    April 23, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Workforce's Labor Market Information (LMI) Division shows that in March 2025, there were 82,983 job ads posted in Alabama, representing a monthly increase of 2.9%. The five occupations with the most online job ads are for Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, and Customer Service Representatives with 12,518 ads placed for t...

  • Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, and Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, are the Top Jobs in February

    Alabama Department of Workforce|Apr 1, 2025

    March 31, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL - Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Workforce's Labor Market Information (LMI) Division shows that in February 2025, there were 82,335 job ads posted in Alabama, representing a monthly increase of 5.4%. The five occupations with the most online job ads are for Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, and Customer Service Representatives with 12,808 ads placed for t...

  • Alabama's Labor Force Participation Rate Increases to 57.8%

    Alabama Department of Workforce|Apr 1, 2025

    April 18, 2025 - MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced today that Alabama's labor force participation rate for March increased to 57.8%, up from 57.7% last month and 57.4% in March 2024. The percentage of prime-age workers held steady at 78.8%. Prime-age workers are those aged 25-54 years. "We continue to show improvement in our labor force participation numbers," said Reed. "We are working continuously to bring in new segments of the population and i...

  • Alabama's Labor Force Participation Rate Increases to 57.7%

    Alabama Department of Workforce|Mar 21, 2025

    March 28, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced today that Alabama's labor force participation rate for February increased to 57.7%, up from 57.6% in January. The percentage of prime-age workers increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 78.8% over the year. Prime-age workers are those aged 25-54 years. "We're seeing positive trends in our labor force participation rate," said Reed. "Increases, even smaller ones, are pointing us in the right d...

  • Alabama's Labor Force Participation Rate Holds Steady at 57.6

    Alabama Department of Workforce|Mar 2, 2025

    March 17, 2025 - MONTGOMERY, AL – Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced today that Alabama's labor force participation rate for January held steady at 57.6%. The percentage of prime-age workers by three-tenths of a percentage point to 78.9 % over the year. Prime-age workers are those aged 25-54 years. "We continue to see gains in the participation of prime-age workers in Alabama," said Reed. "That means that more than three out of four of these workers are in the labor fo...

  • Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, and Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, are the Top Jobs in January

    Alabama Department of Workforce|Mar 2, 2025

    March 18, 2025 - MONTGOMERY - Data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Workforce's Labor Market Information (LMI) Division shows that in January 2025, there were 82,508 job ads posted in Alabama, representing a monthly increase of 14.8%. The five occupations with the most online job ads are for Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, and Fast Food and Counter Workers with 11,699 ads placed for those o...