Birmingham Jobs Decline

More Birmingham jobs were lost last month as Alabama's unemployment rate continued to climb.

Statewide, Alabama saw its unemployment rate increase from 10.3 percent to 10.7 percent during September, which is higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.8 percent. The state hasn't seen its unemployment rate decrease since September 2007, when it went from 3.6 percent to 3.5 percent.

Alabama had a total non-farm employment of 1,894,500 workers during September, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 1,898,700 workers during August and a 4.7 percent decrease from last year.