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Tennessee jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Tennessee’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. 4,128 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 60 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Tennessee economy

  • 3.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.5% the month before

  • 3,486,012

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 6,986,082

    people in Tennessee

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $67,097

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 39%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Tennessee layoffs

  • 60

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 8,365

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 60

    employers

WARN notices filed in Tennessee, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
General Jackson ShowboatTakes effect Dec 15, 2026Davidson County114—State record
Pepsi Bottling GroupTakes effect Jan 1, 2027Knox County112—State record
Akzo NobelTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Davidson County76—State record
Kilgore Flares Company, LLCTakes effect Oct 31, 2026Hardeman County127—State record
Identity GroupTakes effect Oct 20, 2026Putnam County63—State record
WiseHardin County129—State record
Resource LabelTakes effect Oct 3, 2026Williamson County68—State record
TikTok USDS JVTakes effect Oct 5, 2026Davidson County250—State record
WellpathTakes effect Sep 30, 2026Shelby County119—State record
CarlexTakes effect Sep 7, 2026Monroe County325—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Tennessee

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Oracle189 open roles
  2. Amazon160 open roles
  3. University of Tennessee System105 open roles
  4. GPAC98 open roles
  5. Vanderbilt University78 open roles
  6. University of Tennessee76 open roles
  7. University of Memphis52 open roles
  8. UT-Battelle (ORNL)51 open roles
  9. BWX Technologies38 open roles
  10. SpaceX38 open roles
  11. University of Tennessee34 open roles
  12. Belmont University32 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Tennessee

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Tennessee

  • 50

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 363,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Tennessee

Largest colleges in Tennessee
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboroPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxvillePublic 4-year20,000+
University of MemphisMemphisPublic 4-year20,000+
Austin Peay State UniversityClarksvillePublic 4-year10,000–19,999
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson CityPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookevillePublic 4-year10,000–19,999
The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanoogaPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Vanderbilt UniversityNashvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year10,000–19,999
Belmont UniversityNashvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogatePrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Lipscomb UniversityNashvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Tennessee State UniversityNashvillePublic 4-year5,000–9,999

All 50 Tennessee colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Tennessee. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

65 American Job Centers in Tennessee

Job fairs and business events in Tennessee

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Tennessee.

Conferences in Tennessee

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Tennessee, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 52 with dates announced.

Showing 24 of 59 conferences, 52 with dates announced.

All conferences

Tennessee counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Tennessee cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Tennessee?

See what to do first, what Tennessee unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Tennessee’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Tennessee unemployment benefits.