Alabama Job Postings Rise 39 Percent
Alabama saw a significant increase in job postings over the past week.
By Aiko Watanabe, Mogi Research · Oct 24, 2026
Job postings in Alabama rose by thirty nine percent in the week ending October twenty fourth. This follows a period from October eleventh to October seventeenth. There were two thousand five hundred ninety four postings in the recent week, compared to one thousand eight hundred sixty eight in the prior week.
Puerto Rico saw a surge in postings, with a fifty three percent rise. Mississippi experienced a forty two percent increase, and New Hampshire saw forty one percent more postings. Louisiana postings were up thirty six percent.
This rise in Alabama postings may be due to several factors. It could reflect increased employer activity or changes in how job data is collected. The specific roles showing growth included Software Engineer and Full Stack Engineer.
The numbers
Which US state saw the biggest growth in job postings last week?
| Name | Last 7 days | The 7 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 2,594 | 1,868 | +39% |
| Puerto Rico | 296 | 194 | +53% |
| Mississippi | 1,224 | 862 | +42% |
| New Hampshire | 1,153 | 815 | +41% |
| Louisiana | 2,040 | 1,505 | +36% |
Top roles: Software Engineer (18), Full Stack Engineer (15), Product Manager (3)
Top employers: Domino's (251), CHS (66), Baptist Health (53)
Alabama jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-24 with the 7 days before them. Covers US, all states, all roles. Employers with fewer than five postings in the last eight weeks are grouped together and left out of the rankings. The company details come from the crawl's company profiles, where the crawl has one.
Written by Aiko Watanabe of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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