For site selection assistance, please contact the DeKalb County Economic Development staff at 888-421-7957.

Resources

• Alabama Department of Commerce
• Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
• Alabama Department of Labor
• Alabama Department of Revenue
• Alabama Department of Environmental Management
• Economic Development Partnership of Alabama
• North Alabama Industrial Association
• Tennessee Valley Authority Economic Development

Business Guides

• Alabama Tax Incentives Summary 2017 (PDF)
• Starting a Business Guide (PDF)
• 2018 Economic Development Guide (Weblink) 

Business Costs

Taxes / Incentives

Some of the ways that Alabama makes doing business here easier is by providing competitive tax incentives and pro-business tax legislation. Alabama is one of the few states that allows a full deduction for all federal income taxes apportioned to Alabama and does not levy property taxes on inventory.

Alabama Unemployment Insurance

Visit the Alabama Department of Labor website for more information.

• New Employer Tax Rate: 2.70%
• Taxable Wage Base: $8,000
• Minimum Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate: 0.20%
• Maximum Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate: 6.80%
• Average Weekly UI Benefit per Worker: $185
• Maximum Weekly UI Benefit per Worker: $211

Workers Compensation

• Minimum Weekly Worker Compensation Payment: $136
• Maximum Weekly Worker Compensation Payment: $493

Staffing Agencies

Elwood Staffing
1000-B Gault Ave
Fort Payne, AL 35967
Phone: 256-697-0310 | Fax: 256-364-2077
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Website: http://www.elwoodstaffing.com 

First Choice Personnel
2207 Gault Ave N
Fort Payne, AL. 35967
Phone: 256-845-7105
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Website: http://www.fcpersonnel.com/location/fort-payne/ 

Personnel Staffing, Inc.
2201 M Gault Avenue
Fort Payne, Al 35967
Phone: 256-273-6363 | Fax: 256-273-6365
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Website: http://www.personnelstaffing.com/ 

Surge Staffing
701A Gault Ave. N
Ft. Payne, AL 35967
Phone: 256-600-0032
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Fort Payne Career Center
2100 Jordan Rd SW
Fort Payne, AL. 35968
Phone: 256-844-4709 | Fax: (256) 845-5139
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fort-Payne-Career-Center-170560119040/ 
Website: https://joblink.alabama.gov/ada/r/