DeKalb County, AL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

DeKalb County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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DeKalb County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.6% the month before
32,300
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
71,946
people in DeKalb County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$51,149
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where DeKalb County ranks

Where DeKalb County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#15Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Southeast9.1 per 10,000 · of 100

DeKalb 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 3.9% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.4%, up 0.8 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+588 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in DeKalb County. 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 DeKalb County

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.

DeKalb County layoffs

No layoff notices naming DeKalb 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in DeKalb 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.

Huntsville Hospital Health System1 open role
Phoenix Metals1 open role
Reliance1 open role
Visit our1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving DeKalb 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).

North, Region 1 Board
Colbert, Cullman, De Kalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Winston

Fort Payne Career Center
Fort Payne · Affiliate · 256-845-2900
8:00am - 4:30pm Mon-Fri

Cities in DeKalb County

Fort Payne4 jobs

Other Alabama counties

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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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