Alabama’s labor force participation, weekly wages show increase

The Alabama Department of Labor has reported that the state’s labor force participation rate in December reached a record high of 57.2% and wages also increased over a year ago. However, the state’s unemployment rate for December showed a slight uptick as well from November. “As we continue to see growth in our labor force participation rate, with our prime-age worker participation rate increasing by nearly a half of a percentage point over the year, we will continue our efforts to reach more of underutilized workforce populations,” said Fitzgerald Washington, secretary of the Alabama Departme