Portland, TN jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Portland

• Director, OperationsMacy's
• Sr. Manager, MaintenanceMacy's
• Interim ControllerVaco
• Engineering Manager, Warehouse OptimizationDorman Products
• Manufacturing Engineer (TN)US Tsubaki Automotive
• Engineering ManagerDorman Products
• Product Compliance ManagerFWE / Food Warming Equipment Company
• Purchasing Manager INucor

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Employers hiring most in Portland

1. Dorman Products2 open roles
2. Macy's2 open roles
3. FWE / Food Warming Equipment Company1 open role
4. Nucor1 open role
5. US Tsubaki Automotive1 open role
6. Vaco1 open role

Portland layoffs

No layoff notices naming Portland 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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Sumner 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 5.6% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 9.2% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.8%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+1,666 jobs), health care (+1,215 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Clarksville Gas and Water Department plans Old Ashland City Road Water Outage, Lane ClosureClarksville Online · Nov 8, 2026
• Clarksville Gas and Water Department reports Water Outage and Road Closure on Clydesdale DriveClarksville Online · Nov 8, 2026
• Clarksville Gas and Water reports Road Closure on Jackie Lorraine DriveClarksville Online · Nov 5, 2026
• Clarksville Gas and Water Department plans Golf Club Lane Water Outage, Lane ClosureClarksville Online · Oct 28, 2026
• Clarksville Gas and Water reports Road closure on Tobacco RoadClarksville Online · Oct 27, 2026
• Clarksville Gas and Water plans Westfield Court Water Outage, Lane ClosureClarksville Online · Oct 25, 2026
• Clarksville Gas and Water Department plans Pine Mountain Road Water Outage, Road ClosureClarksville Online · Oct 21, 2026
• Clarksville Gas and Water plans Pine Mountain Road Water Outage, Road ClosureClarksville Online · Oct 20, 2026

Learn and get funded in Portland

• 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 Portland. 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).

• Northern Middle Tennessee Workforce Development Board

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Sumner County economy

• 2.8%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.0% the month before

• 115,407

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 200,553

  people in Sumner County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $86,005

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 41%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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