Jefferson County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

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

Jefferson County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
26,029
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
55,835
people in Jefferson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,084
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Jefferson County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Jefferson 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 Jefferson County

Colleges in Jefferson County
College	City	Type	Students
Carson-Newman University	Jefferson City	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

East Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Union

Other Tennessee counties

All of Tennessee

Laid off or looking for work in Jefferson County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.