Meigs County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Meigs County’s unemployment rate is 5.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Meigs County economy

5.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.1% the month before
4,618
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
13,076
people in Meigs County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,395
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Meigs County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Meigs 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 Meigs County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Southeast Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, Sequatchie

Other Tennessee counties

All of Tennessee

Laid off or looking for work in Meigs 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.