Athens, TN jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Athens
- Director of Rehabilitation ServicesLifePoint Health
- ENGINEERING MANAGERHR Sources and Solutions
Employers hiring most in Athens
- HR Sources and Solutions1 open role
- LifePoint Health1 open role
Athens layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Athens in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Athens
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Athens. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Southeast Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, Sequatchie
American Job Center of Tennessee - Athens
Athens · Comprehensive · 423-745-2028
Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm
McMinn County economy
4.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
20,576
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
54,135
people in McMinn County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,674
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Athens?
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.