Carter County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Carter County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Carter County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.9% the month before
23,561
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
56,462
people in Carter County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$48,435
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Carter County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Carter County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in Carter County

Colleges in Carter County
College	City	Type	Students
Milligan University	Milligan	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Northeast Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington

American Job Center of Tennessee - Elizabethton
Elizabethton · Affiliate · 423-547-7515
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday

Cities in Carter County

Elizabethton

Other Tennessee counties

All of Tennessee

Laid off or looking for work in Carter County?

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Tennessee’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.