Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama Job Growth

There were 539,700 jobs in Birmingham, Alabama in November 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 528,753 employed persons for the month. Birmingham added 400 jobs in November 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment rose by 1,632 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Birmingham job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	November 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	539,700	+400	+9,400
CPS	528,753	+1,632	+15,351

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 in November 2018 is at a new high of 539,700.

CPS employment in November 2018 for Birmingham is at a new high of 528,753.

Employment: CES, CPS

Birmingham, Alabama Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
November 2018	539,700	400	528,753	1,632
October 2018	539,300	800	527,121	1,962
September 2018	538,500	1,600	525,159	-673
August 2018	536,900	200	525,832	-454
July 2018	536,700	900	526,286	2,293
June 2018	535,800	-2,100	523,993	1,759
May 2018	537,900	2,600	522,234	1,219
April 2018	535,300	-600	521,015	2,320
March 2018	535,900	100	518,695	1,687
February 2018	535,800	2,100	517,008	2,701
January 2018	533,700	3,500	514,307	834
December 2017	530,200	-100	513,473	71