Smith County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Smith County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Smith County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
10,270
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
20,196
people in Smith County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,799
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Smith County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Smith 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 Smith 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 Smith County?

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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.