AL Political Reporter: “Alabama’s unemployment rate is at a new record low, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced Friday.
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.8 percent, down from March’s 2.9 percent and April 2021’s rate of 3,6 percent.
The civilian labor force increased by 25,203 from last year, reaching 2,276,397. The state’s number of employed people reached a record high 2,213,189.
“I am thrilled that after 202 years of trying, Alabama has once again reached a new record low unemployment rate, and this forward momentum is only continuing. The people of Alabama want to work, plain and simple, and that combined with our efforts helped us reach the lowest unemployment rate in our state’s history, yet again,” Ivey said in a statement. “We have more people working today than at any other point in our state’s history. We are shattering record after record, and we’re just getting started!””