Hancock County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Hancock County’s unemployment rate is 5.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

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Hancock County economy

5.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.5% the month before
2,416
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
6,790
people in Hancock County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$31,995
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Hancock County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Hancock 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 Hancock 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 - Sneedville
Sneedville · Affiliate · 423-733-1331
Monday - Wednesday 8am-4:30pm

Cities in Hancock County

Sneedville

Other Tennessee counties

All of Tennessee

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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.