St. Clair County, AL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

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Show me jobs near meSt. Clair County economy
3.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.5% the month before
45,769
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
92,903
people in St. Clair County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$78,993
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
St. Clair 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 11.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 7.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.3%, up 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+508 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in St. Clair County. 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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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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St. Clair County layoffs
No layoff notices naming St. Clair 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.
Employers hiring most in St. Clair 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.
- Specialized Career Search2 open roles
- Andritz1 open role
- Arcosa1 open role
- Enhabit Home Health & Hospice1 open role
- Gorbel1 open role
- Humana Government Business1 open role
- Love's Travel Stops1 open role
- Manpower1 open role
- Staff Financial Group1 open role
- Ulta Beauty1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving St. Clair 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 Central, Region 4 Board
Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker
Pell City Career Center
Pell City · Affiliate · 205-338-5440
8:00am-5:00pm Mon through Fri
Cities in St. Clair County
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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