Decatur, AL jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Decatur

• Director Of Resp TherapyHuntsville Hospital Health System
• Production SupervisorInternational Paper
• Multi-State Payroll SpecialistConstruction Resources
• Accounts Payable Specialist Growth & BenefitsConsolidated Pipe & Supply
• Material PlannerGE Appliances
• City AttorneyCity of Decatur, AL
• General ManagerGecko Hospitality
• Process EngineerAffinity Executive Search
• Electrical Control EngineerBrightpath Associates
• Process EngineerSabio Systems

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Employers hiring most in Decatur

1. Turner Construction13 open roles
2. Hexcel4 open roles
3. J M SMUCKER3 open roles
4. Illinois Tool Works2 open roles
5. Sargent & Lundy2 open roles
6. Visit our2 open roles
7. Affinity Executive Search1 open role
8. Amedisys Home Health Care1 open role
9. Brightpath Associates1 open role
10. Bunge Global1 open role

Decatur layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 6

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

All layoff notices in the state

Morgan 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 up 7.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 2.6% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.1%, up 0.6 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+1,355 jobs), health care (+701 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−320 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Decatur. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Brick manufacturer closing Alabama facility, laying off 50 workersal.com on MSN · Oct 28, 2026

Learn and get funded in Decatur

• 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.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Decatur. 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, Region 1 Board

  Colbert, Cullman, De Kalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Winston

• Decatur Career Center

  Decatur · Affiliate · 256-355-0142

  7:45am-4:45pm Mon-Fri

Morgan County economy

• 3.1%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.5% the month before

• 62,008

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 123,742

  people in Morgan County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $64,858

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 34%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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