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Alabama Economy: GDP, Income and Employment

Alabama produced $339.0 billion in current-dollar GDP in 2025, 1.10% of the published U.S. total. Its real output changed 1.98% from 2024.

Gross domestic product

$339.0 billion

2025 · Current dollars · BEA SAGDP1 line 3
$339,035.1 million. Published September 30, 2026.

Real GDP growth

1.98%

2025 vs. 2024 · Annual change
Calculated from BEA SAGDP1 line 1, chained 2017 dollars.

Unemployment rate

3.4%

August 2026 · Seasonally adjusted · Preliminary
BLS LAUS · Published September 18, 2026.

Payroll job growth

1.08%

August 2026 vs. August 2025 · Seasonally adjusted
BLS state CES · 2,221.0 thousand nonfarm jobs.

Personal income per capita

$59,754

2025 · Dollars per resident · BEA SAINC1 line 3
Before personal current taxes. Published September 30, 2026.

Regional price level

88.823

2024 · U.S. = 100 · BEA all-items RPP
Published February 19, 2026. This measures price levels, not inflation.

Alabama compared with the United States

Annual real GDP growth was 0.36 percentage points below the U.S. annual growth rate in 2025. Personal income per resident was $17,274 below the U.S. value of $77,028 in the same year. These comparisons use national observations from the same regional producer files.

The August unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points below the national 4.1% reading. That numerical difference is not a statistical-significance claim. The 2024 price parity was 11.2% below the national benchmark. Household circumstances and local housing markets can differ from these state averages.

Where Alabama ranks among states

GDP and income history

Current-dollar output rose 56.5% between 2017 and 2025 in this acquired history. That figure includes price change and is separate from real output growth. The chart uses the published price-adjusted total; chained-dollar industry components are not added together.

Alabama real GDP, 2017–2025 — Millions of chained 2017 dollars 211.5K238K264.6K 20172025 Alabama real GDP, 2017–2025 — Millions of chained 2017 dollars 211.5K238K264.6K 20172025
Alabama annual accounts and spatial prices · acquired September 30, 2026
YearNominal GDP, $ millionsReal GDP, chained 2017 $ millionsIncome per resident, $All-items price parity
2025339,035.1259,457.159,754Not published
2024323,404.8254,420.757,16788.823
2023308,591.9247,878.254,76089.097
2022286,770.7240,210.551,70688.021
2021260,176.2234,200.150,65188.062
2020235,702.2222,834.745,87487.569
2019234,796.4225,236.342,99688.303
2018226,263.8220,784.641,31487.378
2017216,615.5216,615.539,95590.065

Missing 2025 price parities mean that year was not published in the acquired file. They are not treated as zero or estimated from another year.

Employment and unemployment history

Unemployment describes eligible resident jobseekers as a share of the civilian labor force. Payroll employment describes jobs at establishments in Alabama. A commuter can live in another state; a person with multiple covered jobs can contribute multiple payroll jobs. Neither series substitutes for the other.

Alabama unemployment rate, 2017–2026 — Percent of civilian labor force; seasonally adjusted 0.98.115.2 2017-012026-08 Alabama unemployment rate, 2017–2026 — Percent of civilian labor force; seasonally adjusted 0.98.115.2 2017-012026-08

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Monthly unemployment and payroll table
BLS state series · seasonally adjusted · payroll levels in thousands of jobs
MonthUnemployment, %Payroll jobs, thousandsUnemployment status
August 20263.42,221.0Preliminary
July 20263.42,215.1Published
June 20263.22,215.3Published
May 20263.02,214.0Published
April 20262.82,208.7Published
March 20262.72,205.1Published
February 20262.72,202.7Published
January 20262.72,202.9Published
December 20252.72,196.2Published
November 20252.72,195.2Published
October 2025Not published2,195.3Not published
September 20252.82,197.4Published
August 20252.82,197.3Published
July 20252.82,195.8Published
June 20252.92,195.0Published
May 20252.92,198.4Published
April 20252.92,196.5Published
March 20253.02,194.2Published
February 20253.02,195.8Published
January 20253.12,195.9Published
December 20243.12,191.8Published
November 20243.12,193.3Published
October 20243.12,193.0Published
September 20243.12,192.2Published
August 20243.02,193.7Published
July 20243.02,190.0Published
June 20242.92,192.4Published
May 20242.92,190.9Published
April 20242.92,188.2Published
March 20242.92,188.6Published
February 20242.92,184.2Published
January 20242.92,178.8Published
December 20232.82,176.9Published
November 20232.82,174.3Published
October 20232.72,174.7Published
September 20232.62,173.1Published
August 20232.52,166.9Published
July 20232.42,163.1Published
June 20232.42,163.4Published
May 20232.32,154.6Published
April 20232.32,153.2Published
March 20232.32,150.8Published
February 20232.32,147.2Published
January 20232.32,145.4Published
December 20222.32,133.1Published
November 20222.42,128.2Published
October 20222.52,126.1Published
September 20222.52,128.0Published
August 20222.62,119.3Published
July 20222.62,118.4Published
June 20222.62,103.2Published
May 20222.62,101.9Published
April 20222.62,101.1Published
March 20222.62,093.4Published
February 20222.62,093.3Published
January 20222.62,083.5Published
December 20212.72,082.8Published
November 20212.82,077.0Published
October 20212.92,071.2Published
September 20213.02,057.2Published
August 20213.22,055.2Published
July 20213.42,055.9Published
June 20213.52,042.4Published
May 20213.62,035.5Published
April 20213.72,031.0Published
March 20213.82,032.0Published
February 20213.92,026.6Published
January 20214.22,024.4Published
December 20204.52,023.5Published
November 20204.82,016.6Published
October 20205.22,012.7Published
September 20205.91,996.1Published
August 20206.31,986.6Published
July 20207.51,961.4Published
June 20208.61,940.8Published
May 202010.41,892.0Published
April 202013.81,843.4Published
March 20203.42,080.9Published
February 20203.32,087.7Published
January 20203.22,088.1Published
December 20193.12,084.2Published
November 20193.02,083.7Published
October 20193.02,080.2Published
September 20193.02,082.8Published
August 20193.02,083.6Published
July 20193.02,080.3Published
June 20193.02,078.3Published
May 20193.22,077.3Published
April 20193.32,075.8Published
March 20193.42,070.4Published
February 20193.62,067.5Published
January 20193.72,066.5Published
December 20183.82,059.8Published
November 20183.82,058.9Published
October 20183.82,056.9Published
September 20183.92,054.0Published
August 20183.92,051.0Published
July 20183.92,048.1Published
June 20184.02,048.4Published
May 20184.02,040.5Published
April 20184.02,039.1Published
March 20184.02,035.9Published
February 20184.02,031.6Published
January 20184.02,028.4Published
December 20174.02,025.0Published
November 20174.02,023.9Published
October 20174.02,026.8Published
September 20174.12,022.8Published
August 20174.22,021.1Published
July 20174.32,018.8Published
June 20174.52,018.6Published
May 20174.62,016.3Published
April 20174.82,012.5Published
March 20175.02,016.0Published
February 20175.22,012.3Published
January 20175.42,009.3Published

Largest published industries in Alabama

The table orders non-overlapping broad sectors by their 2025 current-dollar GDP in BEA SAGDP2. These shares describe production structure; they do not establish the sectors responsible for the most recent real growth. Suppressed or unavailable cells are omitted rather than reconstructed.

Alabama largest acquired broad industries · 2025 · current dollars
IndustryProducer classificationOutput, $ millionsShare of state GDP
Government and government enterprises9252,661.415.53%
Manufacturing31-3349,534.114.61%
Real estate and rental and leasing5341,324.312.19%
Health care and social assistance6223,683.56.99%
Retail trade44-4523,655.36.98%

Government and government enterprises is the largest of the acquired broad sectors, at 15.5% of total nominal output. The next sectors are Manufacturing and Real estate and rental and leasing. The original industry classification and table line remain in the JSON download; no occupational wage or employment estimate is inferred from an output share.

Compare economies of a similar nominal size

The three states nearest Alabama in 2025 nominal GDP are Louisiana, Oregon, Utah. These peers are selected by the absolute difference in total GDP, not by neighboring borders, household income, industry similarity or policy. Use the separate rankings to compare other dimensions.

Sources, downloads and geographic coverage

BEA state accounts: SAGDP1, SAINC1 and SARPP. BLS unemployment code: LASST010000000000003; payroll code: SMS01000000000000001. Geography: Alabama, state FIPS 01; BEA area code 01000. Industry output uses the 2017 NAICS classification in SAGDP2. Original codes are text and must retain leading zeroes.

Source-file dates: GDP/income September 30, 2026; prices February 19, 2026; state labor September 18, 2026. Snapshot: regional-2026-09-30-reviewed. Estimates are revisable. This archive preserves the acquired figures and does not reproduce earlier published vintages. County or metro values are not inferred from this state profile.

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