Wartburg, TN jobs, layoffs and employers
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No layoff notices naming Wartburg 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.
Morgan 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 8.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 5.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Wartburg. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Street Paving and Road Milling Projects Underway in Oak RidgeKnoxville Daily Sun · Oct 14, 2026
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wartburg. 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
American Job Center of Tennessee - Wartburg
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Morgan County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
8,266
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
21,193
people in Morgan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,408
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
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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