Alabama workforce development boards and American Job Centers

Alabama at a glance

• 3.7%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

• 32

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

  naming 2,680 workers

• 44

  American Job Centers

• 31

  colleges in the IPEDS directory

  public and private nonprofit

See every Alabama layoff notice

Laid off in Alabama? How to file for unemployment in Alabama (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Workforce boards

• Central, Region 5 Board

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

• East, Region 2 Board

  Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph, Talladega

• North Central, Region 4 Board

  Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker

• North, Region 1 Board

  Colbert, Cullman, De Kalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Winston

• Southeast, Region 6 Board

  Barbour, Butler, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Pike

• SWAPTE

  Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox

• West, Region 3 Board

  Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa

American Job Centers