Carroll County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Carroll County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 5 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Carroll County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.2% the month before
12,440
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
28,461
people in Carroll County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,391
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Carroll 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 14.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.7% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.9%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+575 jobs)

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Carroll County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Carroll 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 Carroll 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.

Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)2 open roles
Granges Americas1 open role
Human Capital Ventures1 open role
Unitedhealth Group1 open role

Colleges in Carroll County

Colleges in Carroll County
College	City	Type	Students
Bethel University	McKenzie	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Carroll 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).

Northwest Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley

American Job Center of Tennessee - Huntingdon
Huntingdon · Comprehensive
8:00am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday

Cities in Carroll 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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