Jackson, AL jobs, layoffs and employers

Jackson layoffs

No layoff notices naming Jackson 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.

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Clarke County outlook: Cooling

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs down 10.3% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 4.2% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 5.7%, up 0.8 points from a year ago
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−392 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Alabama Governor orders evacuations, state office closures ahead of Hurricane IsaiasWTOK on MSN · Oct 8, 2026

Learn and get funded in Jackson

• 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 Jackson. 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).

• SWAPTE

  Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox

• Jackson Career Center

  Jackson · Affiliate · 251-246-2453

  7:30am-4:30pm Mon-Fri

Clarke County economy

• 5.7%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.9% the month before

• 7,902

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 22,802

  people in Clarke County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $49,167

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 27%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS