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Alabama’s unemployment rate increased in September, even as the state added 24,300 jobs over the past year. That’s because fewer people participated in the labor force, according to data from the Alabama Department of Workforce.
The preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly from 3.4% in August to 3.5% in September. That is up from 2.8% in September 2025, according to the Workforce Department.
