Anderson County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Anderson County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 228 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Anderson County economy

3.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
36,422
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
78,175
people in Anderson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,171
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Anderson County ranks

Where Anderson County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#5Best county job markets for job seekers in the Southeast78 / 100 · of 77
#5Best counties for laid-off professionals in the Southeast74 / 100 · of 77
#7Best county job markets for job seekers84 / 100 · of 100
#8Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Southeast19 per 100 · of 79
#15Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person19 per 100 · of 100
#17Best counties for laid-off professionals72 / 100 · of 100

Anderson 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 4.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 6.1% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.1%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,293 jobs), admin & staffing (+909 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−381 jobs), manufacturing (−369 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Anderson County. 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 Anderson County

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.

Anderson County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Anderson County 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Anderson County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

UT-Battelle (ORNL)67 open roles
Centrus Energy21 open roles
BWX Technologies16 open roles
Akima Systems Engineering13 open roles
Standard Nuclear12 open roles
Alcami Home9 open roles
Ametek Inc/7 open roles
Kairos Power6 open roles
Sargent & Lundy6 open roles
BWXT Ordnance Tennessee5 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Anderson County. 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 - Anderson County
Clinton · Affiliate · 865-483-7474
8:00am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday

Cities in Anderson County

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Tennessee’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Tennessee unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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