Sumner County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Sumner County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. Employers filed 2 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 62 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Sumner County economy

3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.0% the month before
114,671
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
200,553
people in Sumner County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$86,005
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Sumner County layoffs

2
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
201
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers

WARN notices filed in Sumner County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Jun 24, 2026	Stanley Black & DeckerTakes effect Aug 28, 2026	Sumner County	116	—	State record
Nov 17, 2025	ABC TechnologiesTakes effect Nov 24, 2025	Sumner County	85	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Sumner 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.

Firefighters First Credit Union4 open roles
GPAC3 open roles
LifePoint Health3 open roles
Macy's3 open roles
Beretta USA2 open roles
Cannon Jeffries Search Group2 open roles
Creative Financial Staffing2 open roles
Dorman Products2 open roles
Servpro2 open roles
TEKsystems2 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Sumner County

Dollar general100,000+ employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Sumner County

Colleges in Sumner County
College	City	Type	Students
Welch College	Gallatin	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Northern Middle Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, Wilson

American Job Center of Tennessee - Gallatin
Gallatin · Comprehensive · 615-451-5800
8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday

Cities in Sumner County

Hendersonville22 jobs
Gallatin19 jobs
Portland12 jobs
Goodlettsville9 jobs

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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.