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Henderson County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Henderson County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Henderson County economy

  • 3.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.2% the month before

  • 11,692

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 27,906

    people in Henderson County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $53,471

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 32%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Henderson County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Henderson 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

Employers hiring most in Henderson County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Nidec1 open role
  2. Welch Packaging1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • American Job Center of Tennessee - Lexington

    Lexington · Affiliate · 731-249-7036

    8:00am-4:30pm Monday-Friday

Cities in Henderson County

Other Tennessee counties

All of Tennessee

Laid off or looking for work in Henderson 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.