Columbia, TN jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Columbia
- Branch ManagerPark Avenue Group
- Administrative AssistantSamuel Merritt University
- Branch ManagerAngott Search Group
- Business Account ExecutiveCharter Communications
- Outside Sales Representative (Bilingual Spanish Preferred)Charter Communications
Employers hiring most in Columbia
- Charter Communications2 open roles
- Angott Search Group1 open role
- Park Avenue Group1 open role
- Samuel Merritt University1 open role
Columbia layoffs
No layoff notices naming Columbia in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Maury County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 7.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 16.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.7%, up 0.6 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+1,071 jobs), health care (+656 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−413 jobs), real estate (−360 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Columbia. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Microsoft says layoffs won't affect Mount Pleasant datacenterThe Journal Times · Oct 11, 2026
Learn and get funded in Columbia
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Columbia. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Tennessee? How to file for unemployment in Tennessee (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Southern Middle Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry, Wayne
American Job Center of Tennessee - Columbia
Columbia · Comprehensive · 931-490-3800
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Maury County economy
3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.1% the month before
60,697
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
104,855
people in Maury County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$74,162
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Tennessee’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Tennessee unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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