Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Birmingham fell 1.2 percentage points in November 2020 to 4.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Alabama rate. The unemployment rate in Birmingham peaked in April 2020 at 12.5% and is now 8.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Birmingham unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.7% | -0.2 | +3.1 |
Alabama | 4.4% | -1.3 | +1.7 |
Birmingham | 4.2% | -1.2 | +1.8 |
Unemployment Rate: Birmingham, Alabama, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Birmingham, Alabama Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Birmingham peaked in April 2020 at 68,393. There are now 45,118 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Birmingham employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Birmingham, Alabama) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Birmingham | 23,275 | -6,507 | +9,658 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Birmingham, Alabama Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Alabama Unemployment Rate |
Birmingham Unemployment Rate |
Birmingham Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | — | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 23,275 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 5.7% | 5.4% | 29,782 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 6.7% | 6.5% | 35,983 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 29,972 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 7.9% | 7.7% | 42,002 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 7.6% | 7.2% | 38,996 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 9.6% | 9.0% | 50,357 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 13.8% | 12.5% | 68,393 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 16,081 |
February 2020 |
3.5% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 13,286 |
January 2020 |
3.5% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 13,688 |
1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩