Kingsport, TN jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Kingsport

• Quality ManagerParsons
• Mechanical Designer - Digital Delivery SpecialistParsons
• Management TraineeDayton Freight Lines
• Service Center ManagerApplied Industrial Technologies
• Counsel, CommercialEastman Credit Union
• Litigation & Compliance CounselEastman Credit Union
• Market Development Manager - Heat Transfer FluidsEastman Credit Union
• Strategy ManagerEastman Credit Union
• Corporate Finance ManagerEastman Credit Union
• Pricing Excellence ManagerEastman Credit Union

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Employers hiring most in Kingsport

1. Eastman Credit Union21 open roles
2. BAE Systems9 open roles
3. Domtar8 open roles
4. Eastman Chemical8 open roles
5. Eastman Credit Union5 open roles
6. Applied Industrial Technologies2 open roles
7. M.C. Dean2 open roles
8. Parsons2 open roles
9. Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)2 open roles
10. BrightSpring Health Services1 open role

Kingsport layoffs

No layoff notices naming Kingsport 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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Sullivan 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 2.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 3.5% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+938 jobs), health care (+719 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−902 jobs), transportation & warehousing (−458 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Kingsport

• 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 Kingsport. 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).

• Northeast Tennessee Workforce Development Board

  Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington

• American Job Center of Tennessee - Kingsport

  Kingsport · Comprehensive · 423-224-1800

  8:00an - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday

Sullivan County economy

• 3.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.6% the month before

• 73,504

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 159,693

  people in Sullivan County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $56,802

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 36%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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