Alabama labor force steady at 57.6 percent, unemployment at 3.3 percent

Alabama labor force steady at 57.6 percent, unemployment at 3.3 percent

Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed announced Monday that the state’s labor force participation rate for January remained unchanged at 57.6 percent. Meanwhile, the percentage of prime-age workers—those aged 25 to 54—rose by three-tenths of a percentage point over the year to 78.9 percent. “We continue to see gains in the participation of prime-age workers in Alabama,” Reed said. “That means that more than three out of four of the…