White County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

White County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 9 open professional jobs are in its cities.

White County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
11,099
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
27,764
people in White County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,206
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

White County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming White 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

Employers hiring most in White 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.

Aston Carter2 open roles
YER USA2 open roles
Dometic1 open role
Hörmann1 open role
Nature Conservancy1 open role
Patrick Industries1 open role
Taco Metals1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving White 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

American Job Center of Tennessee - Sparta
Sparta · Affiliate · 931-738-6255
Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm

Cities in White County

Sparta9 jobs

Other Tennessee counties

All of Tennessee

Laid off or looking for work in White 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.