Macon County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Macon County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Macon County economy

3.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.0% the month before
13,683
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
25,793
people in Macon County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,269
median household income
Source: Census ACS
25%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Macon County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Macon 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 Macon 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

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Laid off or looking for work in Macon 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.