Fentress County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Fentress County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Fentress County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.6% the month before
8,318
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
18,948
people in Fentress County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,865
median household income
Source: Census ACS
26%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Fentress County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Fentress 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

Workforce development and job centers

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

Upper Cumberland Local Workforce Development Board , Inc.
Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, De Kalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren, White

American Job Center of Tennessee - Jamestown
Jamestown · Affiliate · 931-879-9547
Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm

Cities in Fentress County

Jamestown

Other Tennessee counties

All of Tennessee

Laid off or looking for work in Fentress 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.