Sheffield, AL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Terminal Operations AssistantMurphy USA
- Manufacturing Vision EngineerITM Power
Employers hiring most in Sheffield
- ITM Power1 open role
- Murphy USA1 open role
Sheffield layoffs
No layoff notices naming Sheffield 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.
Colbert 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 2.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.5 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield
- 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 Sheffield. 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
Sheffield Career Center
Sheffield · Affiliate · 256-383-5610
8:00 – 4:30 Mon-Fri
Colbert County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
26,004
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
57,648
people in Colbert County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,736
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
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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