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Huntsville, Alabama Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Huntsville fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 2.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the Alabama rate. The unemployment rate in Huntsville peaked in April 2020 at 10.7% and is now 8.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.1% in April 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Huntsville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Alabama 2.6% 0.0 0.0
Huntsville 2.1% -0.1 -0.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Huntsville, Alabama, National

Huntsville, Alabama monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Huntsville, Alabama Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Huntsville peaked in April 2020 at 24,112. There are now 18,909 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Huntsville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Huntsville, Alabama) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Huntsville 5,203 -207 -403

Number of Unemployed Persons

Huntsville, Alabama Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Alabama
Unemployment Rate		 Huntsville
Unemployment Rate		 Huntsville
Unemployed
February
2023		 3.6% — — —
January
2023		 3.4% 2.6% 2.1% 5,203
December
2022		 3.5% 2.6% 2.2% 5,410
November
2022		 3.6% 2.6% 2.2% 5,480
October
2022		 3.7% 2.6% 2.2% 5,464
September
2022		 3.5% 2.6% 2.2% 5,360
August
2022		 3.7% 2.6% 2.2% 5,285
July
2022		 3.5% 2.6% 2.2% 5,286
June
2022		 3.6% 2.6% 2.1% 5,244
May
2022		 3.6% 2.5% 2.1% 5,216
April
2022		 3.6% 2.5% 2.1% 5,208
March
2022		 3.6% 2.5% 2.2% 5,344

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. ↩

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