Obion County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Obion County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Obion County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.6% the month before
13,609
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
30,570
people in Obion County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$53,102
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Obion County layoffs

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

Northwest Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley

Other Tennessee counties

All of Tennessee

Laid off or looking for work in Obion 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.