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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Alabama

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Alabama was 2,966,686 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.8% from 2024. That is the 24th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, jobs2,966,686
Change on 2024+0.8%
Rank24th of 51US states ranked
Series high2,966,6862025
Series low1,411,2341969

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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Alabama, 1969 to 2025

1M1.5M2M2.5M3M19691978198719962005201420251969: 1,411,234 jobs1970: 1,412,928 jobs1971: 1,423,459 jobs1972: 1,470,523 jobs1973: 1,525,967 jobs1974: 1,552,266 jobs1975: 1,543,312 jobs1976: 1,593,952 jobs1977: 1,651,033 jobs1978: 1,712,582 jobs1979: 1,735,879 jobs1980: 1,731,866 jobs1981: 1,718,783 jobs1982: 1,687,466 jobs1983: 1,716,798 jobs1984: 1,779,584 jobs1985: 1,821,588 jobs1986: 1,858,269 jobs1987: 1,911,569 jobs1988: 1,969,768 jobs1989: 2,006,365 jobs1990: 2,047,865 jobs1991: 2,060,099 jobs1992: 2,097,425 jobs1993: 2,158,752 jobs1994: 2,180,001 jobs1995: 2,241,551 jobs1996: 2,275,108 jobs1997: 2,321,253 jobs1998: 2,361,892 jobs1999: 2,378,217 jobs2000: 2,392,225 jobs2001: 2,376,053 jobs2002: 2,364,829 jobs2003: 2,371,429 jobs2004: 2,425,650 jobs2005: 2,486,829 jobs2006: 2,545,547 jobs2007: 2,604,108 jobs2008: 2,582,600 jobs2009: 2,479,511 jobs2010: 2,460,305 jobs2011: 2,497,974 jobs2012: 2,503,656 jobs2013: 2,523,238 jobs2014: 2,552,440 jobs2015: 2,588,343 jobs2016: 2,620,754 jobs2017: 2,650,481 jobs2018: 2,694,479 jobs2019: 2,714,795 jobs2020: 2,674,699 jobs2021: 2,773,723 jobs2022: 2,862,313 jobs2023: 2,904,378 jobs2024: 2,942,187 jobs2025: 2,966,686 jobs1M1.5M2M2.5M3M19691988200720251969: 1,411,234 jobs1970: 1,412,928 jobs1971: 1,423,459 jobs1972: 1,470,523 jobs1973: 1,525,967 jobs1974: 1,552,266 jobs1975: 1,543,312 jobs1976: 1,593,952 jobs1977: 1,651,033 jobs1978: 1,712,582 jobs1979: 1,735,879 jobs1980: 1,731,866 jobs1981: 1,718,783 jobs1982: 1,687,466 jobs1983: 1,716,798 jobs1984: 1,779,584 jobs1985: 1,821,588 jobs1986: 1,858,269 jobs1987: 1,911,569 jobs1988: 1,969,768 jobs1989: 2,006,365 jobs1990: 2,047,865 jobs1991: 2,060,099 jobs1992: 2,097,425 jobs1993: 2,158,752 jobs1994: 2,180,001 jobs1995: 2,241,551 jobs1996: 2,275,108 jobs1997: 2,321,253 jobs1998: 2,361,892 jobs1999: 2,378,217 jobs2000: 2,392,225 jobs2001: 2,376,053 jobs2002: 2,364,829 jobs2003: 2,371,429 jobs2004: 2,425,650 jobs2005: 2,486,829 jobs2006: 2,545,547 jobs2007: 2,604,108 jobs2008: 2,582,600 jobs2009: 2,479,511 jobs2010: 2,460,305 jobs2011: 2,497,974 jobs2012: 2,503,656 jobs2013: 2,523,238 jobs2014: 2,552,440 jobs2015: 2,588,343 jobs2016: 2,620,754 jobs2017: 2,650,481 jobs2018: 2,694,479 jobs2019: 2,714,795 jobs2020: 2,674,699 jobs2021: 2,773,723 jobs2022: 2,862,313 jobs2023: 2,904,378 jobs2024: 2,942,187 jobs2025: 2,966,686 jobs
jobs. Source: BEA, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 57 values
Periodjobs
20252,966,686
20242,942,187
20232,904,378
20222,862,313
20212,773,723
20202,674,699
20192,714,795
20182,694,479
20172,650,481
20162,620,754
20152,588,343
20142,552,440
20132,523,238
20122,503,656
20112,497,974
20102,460,305
20092,479,511
20082,582,600
20072,604,108
20062,545,547
20052,486,829
20042,425,650
20032,371,429
20022,364,829
20012,376,053
20002,392,225
19992,378,217
19982,361,892
19972,321,253
19962,275,108
19952,241,551
19942,180,001
19932,158,752
19922,097,425
19912,060,099
19902,047,865
19892,006,365
19881,969,768
19871,911,569
19861,858,269
19851,821,588
19841,779,584
19831,716,798
19821,687,466
19811,718,783
19801,731,866
19791,735,879
19781,712,582
19771,651,033
19761,593,952
19751,543,312
19741,552,266
19731,525,967
19721,470,523
19711,423,459
19701,412,928
19691,411,234

Compared with United States

Place2025
Alabama2,966,686
United States218,324,700

Alabama compared with nearby places

Alabama: 2,966,686 jobsAlaska: 472,008 jobsArizona: 4,455,141 jobsArkansas: 1,811,561 jobsCalifornia: 25,407,891 jobsColorado: 4,231,488 jobsConnecticut: 2,424,541 jobsDelaware: 678,218 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 896,204 jobsFlorida: 15,174,955 jobsGeorgia: 7,184,433 jobsHawaii: 925,451 jobsIdaho: 1,238,642 jobsIllinois: 8,197,037 jobsIndiana: 4,213,622 jobsIowa: 2,122,389 jobsKansas: 2,007,083 jobsKentucky: 2,718,290 jobsLouisiana: 2,831,737 jobsMaine: 898,379 jobsMaryland: 4,009,451 jobsMassachusetts: 5,020,627 jobsMichigan: 5,946,187 jobsMinnesota: 3,914,167 jobsMississippi: 1,713,294 jobsMissouri: 3,998,549 jobsMontana: 761,061 jobsNebraska: 1,410,465 jobsNevada: 2,163,825 jobsNew Hampshire: 942,254 jobsNew Jersey: 6,095,348 jobsNew Mexico: 1,183,906 jobsNew York: 13,498,360 jobsNorth Carolina: 6,864,520 jobsNorth Dakota: 605,276 jobsOhio: 7,394,537 jobsOklahoma: 2,466,719 jobsOregon: 2,671,758 jobsPennsylvania: 8,150,272 jobsRhode Island: 690,505 jobsSouth Carolina: 3,245,739 jobsSouth Dakota: 665,420 jobsTennessee: 4,633,711 jobsTexas: 20,639,097 jobsUtah: 2,458,247 jobsVermont: 439,349 jobsVirginia: 5,789,397 jobsWashington: 4,879,224 jobsWest Virginia: 910,570 jobsWisconsin: 3,855,203 jobsWyoming: 451,906 jobs
  • Under 900K
  • 900K to 1.8M
  • 1.8M to 2.7M
  • 2.7M to 4.2M
  • 4.2M to 6.6M
  • 6.6M and over
Total employment (jobs, BEA), 2025, jobs. Alabama is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (Total employment (jobs, BEA), Alabama, 1969 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip

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SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Alabama, 1969 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/alabama. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Total employment (jobs, BEA), Alabama, 1969 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/alabama.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Alabama, 1969 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/alabama (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states: Total employment (jobs, BEA), Alabama, 1969 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/alabama. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Alabama was 2,966,686 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.8% from 2024. That is the 24th highest of 51 states in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest total employment (jobs, BEA) in Alabama?

2,966,686 jobs in 2025, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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