# Cities in Alabama by employed residents, 2025

All 30 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/alabama-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Huntsville, AL | 120,510 |
| 2 | Mobile, AL | 91,220 |
| 3 | Birmingham, AL | 90,893 |
| 4 | Montgomery, AL | 86,696 |
| 5 | Tuscaloosa, AL | 49,756 |
| 6 | Hoover, AL | 48,871 |
| 7 | Auburn, AL | 40,001 |
| 8 | Madison, AL | 32,943 |
| 9 | Dothan, AL | 31,697 |
| 10 | Decatur, AL | 27,870 |
| 11 | Prattville, AL | 19,269 |
| 12 | Vestavia Hills, AL | 18,252 |
| 13 | Florence, AL | 17,989 |
| 14 | Alabaster, AL | 17,791 |
| 15 | Phenix City, AL | 16,667 |
| 16 | Opelika, AL | 16,620 |
| 17 | Athens, AL | 15,780 |
| 18 | Northport, AL | 15,253 |
| 19 | Homewood, AL | 14,458 |
| 20 | Daphne, AL | 14,363 |
| 21 | Pelham, AL | 14,285 |
| 22 | Trussville, AL | 13,703 |
| 23 | Enterprise, AL | 12,408 |
| 24 | Gadsden, AL | 12,212 |
| 25 | Foley, AL | 11,268 |
| 26 | Fairhope, AL | 10,647 |
| 27 | Bessemer, AL | 9,397 |
| 28 | Anniston, AL | 7,928 |
| 29 | Selma, AL | 6,209 |
| 30 | Prichard, AL | 5,962 |