2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Alabaster, AL vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Richmond has been positive.
- Richmond has 5.2% less unemployment than Alabaster.
- Richmond job growth has increased by 13.6% in the past 10 years.
 Alabaster, ALRichmond, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment1.9%7.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.7%37.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.7%-5.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.1%-2.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth4.1%1.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.8%13.6%6.3%
Reviews for Alabaster    3 Reviews

Alabaster Alabama ... affordable, adaptable and  More

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Over 14 years ago

This is the sequel to "Escape from New York" staring Kirk Russell, but called "Escape from Birmingham" staring the dopes of Alabama. The people in this area Hoover,  More

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Alabster is becoming one of the fastest growing cities in the state of Alabama. With the addition of the Colonial Promenadeand White Stone Shopping Centers the economy  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 3 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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