Unemployment rate increases

WVAS | By Melanie Hogan

Published January 23, 2023 at 5:38 PM EST

A local news agency is reporting Alabama’s unemployment rate is up slightly. According to the Governor’s office, December’s rate is 2.8 percent compared to November’s 2.7 percent.

The current figures represent more than 63,000 thousand unemployed people in the state.

Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington says “Our economy supports more jobs than ever before, with the addition of nearly 56,000 jobs since last year.”

Shelby County has the state’s lowest unemployment rate at 1.5 percent. The county in Alabama with the highest unemployment rate is Wilcox County at 9.1 percent.

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Melanie Hogan

Melanie began her career as a work study student, working in the areas of news reporting, anchoring and news-gathering. After graduating from Alabama State University, she worked as a production assistant at the local NBC affiliate, WSFA-TV. As a News Director at WVAS-FM, Melanie leads her team to produce award- winning newscasts and talk shows. Her professional achievements includes News Reporter of the Year for a number of years and awards for talk show producer, by the Alabama Broadcasters Association and the Associated Press. She is an active member of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. Her goals are to expand the reach of WVAS FM into more homes locally, regionally and nationally.

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