Lexington, TN jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Lexington
- Independent Insurance Claims Adjuster in Lexington, TennesseeMileHigh Adjusters Houston
- Quality Assurance EngineerNIdec Motor
- Senior Quality Assurance EngineerNidec
- Manufacturing EngineerNidec
Employers hiring most in Lexington
- Nidec2 open roles
- MileHigh Adjusters Houston1 open role
- NIdec Motor1 open role
Lexington layoffs
No layoff notices naming Lexington 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.
Henderson 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 4.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+361 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−334 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Lexington. Each link goes to the publisher.
- ABB Relocates-Expands Selmer, Tennessee, OperationsArea Development · Nov 8, 2026
- Work Smarter Workshop Set At Dyersburg State-Henry Co.radionwtn · Nov 4, 2026
Learn and get funded in Lexington
- 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 Lexington. 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).
- Southwest Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McNairy
American Job Center of Tennessee - Lexington
Lexington · Affiliate · 731-249-7036
8:00am-4:30pm Monday-Friday
Henderson County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
11,735
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
27,906
people in Henderson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$53,471
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
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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