While Alabama’s job market saw a slight dip in openings last month, opportunities remain plentiful for job seekers across the state. new data reveals over 82,000 Alabama job ads were active in April, wiht high demand for registered nurses, retail professionals, and truck drivers. Discover the top employers currently hiring and explore wich in-demand roles offer salaries exceeding $70,000.
There were fewer job openings in Alabama last month compared to March.
But there were still 82,007 job ads in the state in April, according to the Alabama Department of Workforce. That number is just slightly lower than March, when there were 82,500 active job ads.
New data released this week shows that the five occupations with the most online job ads are registered nurses, retail salespersons, supervisors of retail sales workers, truck drivers, and customer service representatives.
Over 13,000 ads were placed for those occupations alone in April.
About 30,000 jobs were posted last month. About 8,100 of those jobs had salaries of $70,000 and above. Most of the jobs, however, had salaries less than $35,000.
The 10 employers posting the most online ads in April 2025 were:
- Huntsville Hospital: 1,019 ads
- Domino’s Pizza: 889 ads
- Walmart: 783 ads
- UAB Medicine: 773 ads
- AutoZone: 764 ads
- Taco Bell: 519 ads
- University of Alabama at Birmingham: 517 ads
- Auburn University: 418 ads
- Dollar General: 408 ads
- Baptist Health: 402 ads
The department of workforce said their focus this month is on recruiting heavy truck drivers and tractor-trailer drivers
There are currently over 4,000 openings in that occupation, including tow truck drivers and loading crews.
The advertised median salary for drivers in Alabama is $70,528 and employees usually need a commercial drivers’ license and high school diploma or equivalent.
But there may not be enough people to fill all the jobs available in the state.
Alabama’s unemployment rate is 3.3%, lower than the national average. And although over 80,000 jobs are available, only 79,000 people are unemployed, according to the Department of Workforce.
Alabama has 57 career centers that work to connect residents with jobs and companies with talent, according to Jonathan McNair, public information officer for the workforce department.
“If you’re an employer, and you’re struggling to find employees and your online ads aren’t netting the results that you want, you can also reach out to that local career center,” McNair told AL.com in March. “They’re able to organize job fairs and they’re in contact with the people that you would need to fill those positions at your company.”
