Opelika, AL jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Opelika

• Interior DesignerLa-Z-Boy
• HR Business PartnerWest Fraser
• Clinical ManagerAmedisys Home Health
• Facilities ManagerBotanic
• Supplier Quality Assurance EngineerHL Mando
• Process EngineerWest Fraser
• Business Account ExecutivePoint Broadband
• Clinical ManagerUnitedhealth Group
• Clinical ManagerAmedisys Home Health Care
• Area Manager - Floor (grocery)Walmart

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Employers hiring most in Opelika

1. West Fraser2 open roles
2. Amedisys Home Health1 open role
3. Amedisys Home Health Care1 open role
4. Botanic1 open role
5. HL Mando1 open role
6. La-Z-Boy1 open role
7. Point Broadband1 open role
8. Unitedhealth Group1 open role
9. Walmart1 open role

Opelika layoffs

No layoff notices naming Opelika 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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Lee 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 8.4% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 8.6% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.4%, up 0.8 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+758 jobs), retail (+706 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−650 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Opelika. 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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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Opelika. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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  Autauga, Bullock, Chambers, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Perry, Russell, Tallapoosa

Lee County economy

• 3.4%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.6% the month before

• 92,160

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 177,663

  people in Lee County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $61,123

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 46%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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