Alabama’s labor force participation rate ticked up to 57.2% in December, an increase of .1 percentage point from November.

And more “prime-age” workers, those ages 25 to 54, were working last month. Their labor participation rate rose from 78.4% to 78.5%, the Alabama Department of Labor announced today.

Unemployment remains low, but did see a slight increase in December to 2.6%, up .2% from November. It was also 2.6% in December 2022.