Barbour County, AL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Barbour County’s unemployment rate is 4.8%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Barbour County economy

  • 4.8%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.8% the month before

  • 8,616

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 24,757

    people in Barbour County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $44,290

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 27%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Barbour 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 1.9% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 1.4% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.8%, up 1.0 points from a year ago

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Barbour County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Barbour County 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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Employers hiring most in Barbour County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Ed Wallach Search Group1 open role
  2. Medctrbarbour1 open role
  3. Medical Center Barbour1 open role
  4. Tractor Supply1 open role
  5. Wallach Search Group1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Barbour County. 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).

  • Eufaula Career Center

    Eufaula · Affiliate · 334-687-8251

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

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Alabama’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Alabama unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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