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Mobile, Alabama Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Mobile rose 0.2 percentage points in November 2023 to 2.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the Alabama rate. The unemployment rate in Mobile peaked in April 2020 at 15.0% and is now 12.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.5% in August 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.4 percentage points. You can also compare Mobile unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Alabama 2.4% +0.1 -0.2
Mobile 2.9% +0.2 -0.3
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Mobile, Alabama, National

Mobile, Alabama monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Mobile, Alabama Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Mobile peaked in April 2020 at 28,833. There are now 23,130 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,932 in August 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 771. Mobile employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Mobile, Alabama) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Mobile 5,703 +391 -457

Number of Unemployed Persons

Mobile, Alabama Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Alabama
Unemployment Rate		 Mobile
Unemployment Rate		 Mobile
Unemployed
December
2023		 3.7% — — —
November
2023		 3.7% 2.4% 2.9% 5,703
October
2023		 3.8% 2.3% 2.7% 5,312
September
2023		 3.8% 2.2% 2.6% 5,087
August
2023		 3.8% 2.1% 2.5% 4,932
July
2023		 3.5% 2.1% 2.6% 4,947
June
2023		 3.6% 2.2% 2.7% 5,161
May
2023		 3.7% 2.2% 2.7% 5,271
April
2023		 3.4% 2.2% 2.7% 5,253
March
2023		 3.5% 2.3% 2.8% 5,402
February
2023		 3.6% 2.5% 2.9% 5,690
January
2023		 3.4% 2.6% 3.1% 5,958

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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