Average Alabama weekly wages see increase Published 12:57 pm Friday, September 19, 2025Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...Alabama Secretary of Workforce Greg Reed announced today that average weekly wages increased in August to $1,117.54, its second highest level ever. This represents a yearly increase of $72.63 per week. Additionally, both the manufacturing sector and the leisure and hospitality sector saw record high wages in August. The manufacturing sector realized a yearly increase of $84.36 per week, and the leisure and hospitality sector realized a yearly increase of $45.74 per week. The rate represents 68,191 unemployed persons, compared to 72,473 in July and 74,115 in August 2024.