| | Civilian Labor Force, 2022 | Persons Employed, 2022 | Persons Unemployed, 2022 | Unemployment Rate, 2022 | Unemployment Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2022 |
|
| United States | 164,287,000 | 158,291,000 | 5,996,000 | 3.6% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 12,135,996 | 11,700,293 | 435,703 | 3.6% | 98.4% |
| Alabama | 2,276,362 | 2,218,627 | 57,735 | 2.5% | 69.5% |
| Appalachian Alabama | 1,499,813 | 1,464,525 | 35,288 | 2.4% | 64.5% |
|
| County |
| Bibb | 8,688 | 8,476 | 212 | 2.4% | 66.9% |
| Blount | 25,685 | 25,128 | 557 | 2.2% | 59.4% |
| Calhoun | 45,733 | 44,371 | 1,362 | 3.0% | 81.6% |
| Chambers | 15,906 | 15,508 | 398 | 2.5% | 68.6% |
| Cherokee | 11,723 | 11,457 | 266 | 2.3% | 62.2% |
| Chilton | 20,180 | 19,732 | 448 | 2.2% | 60.8% |
| Clay | 6,106 | 5,971 | 135 | 2.2% | 60.6% |
| Cleburne | 6,133 | 5,989 | 144 | 2.3% | 64.3% |
| Colbert | 23,749 | 23,047 | 702 | 3.0% | 81.0% |
| Coosa | 4,463 | 4,353 | 110 | 2.5% | 67.5% |
| Cullman | 39,477 | 38,688 | 789 | 2.0% | 54.8% |
| DeKalb | 30,958 | 30,249 | 709 | 2.3% | 62.8% |
| Elmore | 38,045 | 37,230 | 815 | 2.1% | 58.7% |
| Etowah | 39,123 | 37,967 | 1,156 | 3.0% | 81.0% |
| Fayette | 6,583 | 6,408 | 175 | 2.7% | 72.8% |
| Franklin | 14,532 | 14,200 | 332 | 2.3% | 62.6% |
| Hale | 5,940 | 5,714 | 226 | 3.8% | 104.2% |
| Jackson | 23,233 | 22,666 | 567 | 2.4% | 66.9% |
| Jefferson | 321,927 | 313,808 | 8,119 | 2.5% | 69.1% |
| Lamar | 5,711 | 5,561 | 150 | 2.6% | 72.0% |
| Lauderdale | 42,754 | 41,654 | 1,100 | 2.6% | 70.5% |
| Lawrence | 14,691 | 14,346 | 345 | 2.3% | 64.3% |
| Limestone | 48,438 | 47,454 | 984 | 2.0% | 55.7% |
| Macon | 7,824 | 7,533 | 291 | 3.7% | 101.9% |
| Madison | 199,682 | 195,558 | 4,124 | 2.1% | 56.6% |
| Marion | 13,786 | 13,452 | 334 | 2.4% | 66.4% |
| Marshall | 45,445 | 44,538 | 907 | 2.0% | 54.7% |
| Morgan | 60,647 | 59,410 | 1,237 | 2.0% | 55.9% |
| Pickens | 7,658 | 7,415 | 243 | 3.2% | 86.9% |
| Randolph | 9,628 | 9,397 | 231 | 2.4% | 65.7% |
| Shelby | 120,856 | 118,695 | 2,161 | 1.8% | 49.0% |
| St. Clair | 42,036 | 41,134 | 902 | 2.1% | 58.8% |
| Talladega | 36,207 | 35,115 | 1,092 | 3.0% | 82.6% |
| Tallapoosa | 17,517 | 17,028 | 489 | 2.8% | 76.5% |
| Tuscaloosa | 103,171 | 100,623 | 2,548 | 2.5% | 67.7% |
| Walker | 25,457 | 24,772 | 685 | 2.7% | 73.7% |
| Winston | 10,121 | 9,878 | 243 | 2.4% | 65.8% |