Sullivan County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Sullivan County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 99 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Sullivan County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
73,046
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
159,693
people in Sullivan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,802
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Sullivan County layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
80
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Sullivan County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Nov 7, 2025	Renova Health LLCTakes effect Oct 24, 2025	Sullivan County	80	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Sullivan County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Eastman Chemical22 open roles
Eastman Credit Union20 open roles
BAE Systems10 open roles
Parkerstaffing4 open roles
Empire Petroleum3 open roles
Eastman Credit Union2 open roles
Hays2 open roles
Advanced Resource Managers (A.R.M.)1 open role
Applied Industrial Technologies1 open role
Brookdale Senior Living1 open role

Colleges in Sullivan County

Colleges in Sullivan County
College	City	Type	Students
King University	Bristol	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Northeast Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington

American Job Center of Tennessee - Kingsport
Kingsport · Comprehensive · 423-224-1800
8:00an - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday

Cities in Sullivan County

Kingsport77 jobs
Bristol20 jobs

Other Tennessee counties

All of Tennessee

Laid off or looking for work in Sullivan 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.