Newport, TN jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Newport
- Director of LaboratoryCommunity Health Systems
- Quality Assurance ManagerEastern Plating
- Manufacturing EngineerSterling Engineering
- Quality EngineerSterling Engineering
Employers hiring most in Newport
- Sterling Engineering2 open roles
- Community Health Systems1 open role
- Eastern Plating1 open role
Newport layoffs
No layoff notices naming Newport 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.
Cocke 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 4.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 5.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Newport. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Street Paving and Road Milling Projects Underway in Oak RidgeKnoxville Daily Sun · Oct 14, 2026
Learn and get funded in Newport
- 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 Newport. 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).
- East Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Union
Cocke County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.5% the month before
14,883
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
36,503
people in Cocke County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$48,416
median household income
Source: Census ACS
25%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Newport?
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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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