Birmingham, Alabama Unemployment
Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Birmingham, Alabama has ranged from 3.3% in April 2007 to 13.1% in August 2009. The current unemployment rate for Birmingham is 8% in March 2013. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.
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2013 Unemployment Percentages for Birmingham, Alabama
Month/Year Birmingham% Alabama% National %
1 / 2013
8.9%
7.8%
7.9%
2 / 2013
8.9%
7.8%
7.7%
3 / 2013
8%
6.9%
7.6%
2012 Unemployment Percentages for Birmingham, Alabama
Month/Year Birmingham% Alabama% National %
1 / 2012
8.7%
7.7%
8.3%
2 / 2012
8.7%
7.6%
8.3%
3 / 2012
8.3%
7.2%
8.2%
4 / 2012
7.5%
6.6%
8.1%
5 / 2012
8.4%
7.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.6%
8.2%
8.2%
7 / 2012
9.6%
8.2%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.4%
7.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
8.3%
7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
8.1%
7%
7.9%
11 / 2012
7.4%
6.4%
7.8%
12 / 2012
7.4%
6.5%
7.8%
2011 Unemployment Percentages for Birmingham, Alabama
Month/Year Birmingham% Alabama% National %
1 / 2011
11.5%
9.8%
9.1%
2 / 2011
11.1%
9.4%
9%
3 / 2011
10.6%
8.8%
8.9%
4 / 2011
10.1%
8.4%
9%
5 / 2011
10.4%
8.6%
9%
6 / 2011
11.6%
9.6%
9.1%
7 / 2011
11.4%
9.3%
9.1%
8 / 2011
11.2%
9.1%
9.1%
9 / 2011
10.4%
8.6%
9%
10 / 2011
9.8%
8%
8.9%
11 / 2011
8.9%
7.3%
8.7%
12 / 2011
8.5%
7.2%
8.5%
2010 Unemployment Percentages for Birmingham, Alabama
Month/Year Birmingham% Alabama% National %
1 / 2010
12.7%
11%
9.7%
2 / 2010
12.3%
10.7%
9.8%
3 / 2010
12%
10.1%
9.8%
4 / 2010
11%
8.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
11.1%
8.7%
9.6%
6 / 2010
11.7%
9.3%
9.4%
7 / 2010
11.8%
9%
9.5%
8 / 2010
11.9%
9%
9.6%
9 / 2010
11.4%
8.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
11.3%
8.8%
9.5%
11 / 2010
11.1%
8.8%
9.8%
12 / 2010
10.6%
8.7%
9.4%
2009 Unemployment Percentages for Birmingham, Alabama
Month/Year Birmingham% Alabama% National %
1 / 2009
9.6%
8.6%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.6%
9.3%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.6%
9.3%
8.7%
4 / 2009
10.2%
8.8%
8.9%
5 / 2009
10.9%
9.5%
9.4%
6 / 2009
12.5%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
12.5%
10.6%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.1%
10.8%
9.6%
9 / 2009
12.6%
10.5%
9.8%
10 / 2009
12.4%
10.5%
10%
11 / 2009
11.7%
10.1%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.6%
10.3%
9.9%
2008 Unemployment Percentages for Birmingham, Alabama
Month/Year Birmingham% Alabama% National %
1 / 2008
4.9%
4.2%
5%
2 / 2008
4.9%
4.2%
4.9%
3 / 2008
4.9%
4.1%
5.1%
4 / 2008
4.4%
3.5%
5%
5 / 2008
5.2%
4.3%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.4%
5.2%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.4%
5.3%
5.8%
8 / 2008
6.8%
5.5%
6.1%
9 / 2008
6.6%
5.4%
6.1%
10 / 2008
6.8%
5.6%
6.5%
11 / 2008
7.2%
6.1%
6.8%
12 / 2008
7.8%
6.8%
7.3%
2007 Unemployment Percentages for Birmingham, Alabama
Month/Year Birmingham% Alabama% National %
1 / 2007
4.2%
3.6%
4.6%
2 / 2007
4.2%
3.5%
4.5%
3 / 2007
3.9%
3.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
3.3%
2.7%
4.5%
5 / 2007
3.5%
2.9%
4.4%
6 / 2007
4.7%
3.7%
4.6%
7 / 2007
4.7%
3.8%
4.7%
8 / 2007
4.8%
3.8%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.3%
3.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
3.9%
3.2%
4.7%
11 / 2007
4%
3.4%
4.7%
12 / 2007
4.3%
3.7%
5%
2006 Unemployment Percentages for Birmingham, Alabama
Month/Year Birmingham% Alabama% National %
1 / 2006
4.9%
3.8%
4.7%
2 / 2006
4.9%
3.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
4.3%
3.3%
4.7%
4 / 2006
3.8%
2.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
3.8%
3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5%
4%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5%
4%
4.7%
8 / 2006
4.9%
3.8%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.1%
3.3%
4.5%
10 / 2006
3.8%
3.1%
4.4%
11 / 2006
3.9%
3.2%
4.5%
12 / 2006
3.8%
3.2%
4.4%
2005 Unemployment Percentages for Birmingham, Alabama
Month/Year Birmingham% Alabama% National %
1 / 2005
5.6%
4.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
5.4%
4.6%
5.4%
3 / 2005
4.7%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 2005
4%
3.2%
5.2%
5 / 2005
4.1%
3.3%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.2%
4.3%
5%
7 / 2005
4.9%
4%
5%
8 / 2005
5%
3.9%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.5%
3.7%
5%
10 / 2005
4.4%
3.6%
5%
11 / 2005
4.3%
3.3%
5%
12 / 2005
4.2%
3.3%
4.9%
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