Cookeville, TN jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Cookeville

• Chief Nursing OfficerEncompass Health
• Human Resources DirectorEncompass Health
• ControllerEncompass Health
• Therapy ManagerEncompass Health
• Respiratory Therapy SupervisorEncompass Health
• Purchasing CoordinatorEncompass Health
• Wound Program CoordinatorEncompass Health
• Director of Marketing and Fan ExperienceTennessee Technological University
• Director/Professor of Human EcologyTennessee Technological University
• Capital Projects Specialist VTennessee Technological University

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Employers hiring most in Cookeville

1. Tennessee Technological University16 open roles
2. Encompass Health7 open roles
3. Valinor3 open roles
4. Bradfordhealth1 open role
5. Charter Communications1 open role
6. CSA Search & Consulting1 open role
7. TTU Athletics1 open role

Cookeville layoffs

No layoff notices naming Cookeville 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.

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Colleges in Cookeville

Putnam County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 0.2% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 8.1% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+812 jobs), hotels & food (+445 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−681 jobs), admin & staffing (−675 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Cookeville. Each link goes to the publisher.

• INOAC Closure: Chamber Steps In To Help More Than 200 WorkersUpper Cumberland Business Journal · Oct 8, 2026

Learn and get funded in Cookeville

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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• 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 Cookeville. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• 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 - Cookeville

  Cookeville · Comprehensive · 931-520-6020

  8:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday

Putnam County economy

• 3.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.6% the month before

• 38,973

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 81,366

  people in Putnam County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $56,537

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 35%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS