Montevallo, AL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Registrar/Data Manager (214)Montevallo Elementary School
Employers hiring most in Montevallo
- Montevallo Elementary School1 open role
Montevallo layoffs
No layoff notices naming Montevallo 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.
Colleges in Montevallo
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Montevallo | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
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 Montevallo. 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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Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker
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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