Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama Job Growth

There were 549,300 jobs in Birmingham, Alabama in January 2020 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 547,238 employed persons for the month. Birmingham lost 2,000 jobs in January 2020 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 986 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Birmingham job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	January 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	549,300	-2,000	+5,500
CPS	547,238	-986	+18,040

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Birmingham, Alabama Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Birmingham as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for Birmingham, Alabama

CES employment for Birmingham peaked in December 2019 at 551,300. Since then 2,000 jobs have been lost in Birmingham according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 548,224 for Birmingham in December 2019. 986 jobs have been lost in Birmingham since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Birmingham, Alabama Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
January 2020	549,300	-2,000	547,238	-986
December 2019	551,300	2,700	548,224	745
November 2019	548,600	900	547,479	725
October 2019	547,700	1,100	546,754	1,706
September 2019	546,600	-600	545,048	2,240
August 2019	547,200	0	542,808	2,629
July 2019	547,200	2,000	540,179	2,585
June 2019	545,200	0	537,594	2,049
May 2019	545,200	400	535,545	2,556
April 2019	544,800	100	532,989	1,466
March 2019	544,700	400	531,523	1,427
February 2019	544,300	500	530,096	898