Whereas unemployment in Alabama is at an all-time low, demand for jobs has solely elevated as on-line job listings have elevated 33.3 p.c to date this 12 months in comparison with the identical time final 12 months.
Information collected and analyzed by the Alabama Division of Labor’s Division of Labor Intelligence (LMI) reveals that as of June 2022, the annual comparability of on-line job listings is 116,604, a rise of 33.3 p.c from June 2021.
The month-to-month complete of on-line job commercials for June 2022 elevated by 14.5 p.c with 39,718 new on-line commercials. As of June, solely 60,338 individuals are counted as unemployed in Alabama.
The highest 5 occupations with probably the most on-line jobs are registered nurses, truck and truck drivers, retail clerks, gross sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, and retail managers, with 18,011 adverts posted for these occupations in June.
Healthcare employers supplied by far probably the most on-line jobs.
The highest two employers with probably the most on-line adverts in June had been UAB Well being System with 1,481 and Huntsville Hospital with 1,462. The remaining prime 10 had been: Walmart/Sam’s (1,187), Embody Well being (866), Baptist Well being (723), College of Alabama at Birmingham (652), Areas (648), Lowe’s (585), College of Alabama (498) and US Well being Care System (423).
Nancy Dennis, director of public relations on the Alabama Retail Affiliation, stated that retail and nursing are constantly the industries that prime the checklist for job openings.
Each industries had been already experiencing labor shortages earlier than Covid-19, and the pandemic has solely exacerbated the issue as nurses have been thrust into the nationwide highlight and retail staff have been both laid off or laid off in droves. Many determined to depart the business altogether.
The job postings cowl a variety of salaries, with 35 p.c of the positions providing $35,000 or much less. On the different finish of the spectrum, 25 p.c of job listings supplied salaries of $75,000 or extra. Within the center tier, 22 p.c have salaries within the $50,000 to $75,000 vary and 18 p.c have salaries within the $35,000 to $49,000 vary.
HWOL information is compiled from the entire state’s on-line job listings, together with these posted to the state’s free on-line job database, AlabamaWorks.alabama.gov, and different sources similar to conventional job boards, firm boards, and social media websites.