Fayetteville, TN jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Fayetteville
- Administrator Home Health, Hospice - Lincoln Medical Center - FTHuntsville Hospital Health System
- Administrator Care Center - Lincoln Nursing Home - FTHuntsville Hospital Health System
- Process EngineerCopperweld
- Senior Process EngineerCopperweld
- Manufacturing Process Engineer – AI & AutomationCopperweld
- Quality Auditor - Weekday Nights (12 hr)Copperweld
- Logistics ManagerCopperweld
- Distribution Value Stream ManagerCopperweld
- Medical Director Job in Fayetteville, TennesseeTeamHealth Lincoln Medical Center - Fayetteville
- Account ManagerDayton Freight Lines
Employers hiring most in Fayetteville
- Copperweld6 open roles
- Dayton Freight Lines2 open roles
- Huntsville Hospital Health System2 open roles
- TeamHealth Lincoln Medical Center - Fayetteville1 open role
Fayetteville layoffs
No layoff notices naming Fayetteville 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.
Lincoln 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 down 0.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 4.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+330 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: construction (−305 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Fayetteville. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Microsoft says layoffs won't affect Mount Pleasant datacenterThe Journal Times · Oct 11, 2026
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- 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 Fayetteville. 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 - Lincoln County
Fayetteville · Affiliate
8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Wednesday
Lincoln County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
16,704
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
35,617
people in Lincoln County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,115
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
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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