Alabama unemployment rate

Alabama’s 9.9 percent unemployment rate in May is down slightly from April, and the reduction comes after Gov. Kay Ivey relaxed some restrictions meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 and allowed more businesses to open.  The state’s revised unemployment rate in April was 13.8 percent. The state’s 9.9 percent unemployment rate in May is … Continued

More than 800,000 Alabamians, 256,000 of them children, were living below the federal poverty level before the COVID-19 crisis and more than 400,000 lost their jobs statewide, according to a report released Thursday.   Poverty statewide has decreased by 2.4 percentage points since a peak of 19.2 percent in 2014, but Alabama’s poverty rate of 16.8 … Continued

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The magic number is 5.2 for Gov. Robert Bentley. When unemployment reaches that mark, the Governor will start to earn his salary – a little more than $120,000 per year. For nearly six full years now, after promising not to take a salary until the state was at “full … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally-adjusted July unemployment rate is down to 6.3%. That is a drop from the June unemployment rate of 6.5% and is well below the July 2012 rate of 7.6%. According to the Governor’s statement the July 2013’s rate … Continued