Alabaster, AL jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Alabaster
- Supply Chain ManagerCroda
- Production PlannerMacLean Power Systems
- Outside Sales RepresentativeGroundworks
- Operations Manager - ROSUnited Rentals
Employers hiring most in Alabaster
- Croda1 open role
- Groundworks1 open role
- MacLean Power Systems1 open role
- United Rentals1 open role
Alabaster layoffs
No layoff notices naming Alabaster in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Shelby County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs down 2.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.0%, up 0.6 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+632 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,224 jobs), finance & insurance (−717 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Alabaster. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Brick manufacturer closing Alabama facility, laying off 50 workersal.com on MSN · Oct 28, 2026
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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
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- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Alabaster. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Alabama? How to file for unemployment in Alabama (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- North Central, Region 4 Board
Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker
Alabaster Career Center
Alabaster · Affiliate · 205-663-2542
8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday
Shelby County economy
3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.4% the month before
123,452
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
226,955
people in Shelby County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$93,543
median household income
Source: Census ACS
48%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Alabama’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Alabama unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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