Coffee County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

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Show me jobs near meCoffee County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
26,972
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
58,940
people in Coffee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$60,656
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Coffee 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 1.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 7.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+666 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−560 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Coffee County. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Microsoft says layoffs won't affect Mount Pleasant datacenterThe Journal Times · Oct 11, 2026
Learn and get funded in Coffee 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.
Coffee County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Coffee 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.
Employers hiring most in Coffee 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.
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center2 open roles
- Amentum1 open role
- Ascend Credit Union1 open role
- Canvas1 open role
- IDEX Consulting1 open role
- Rawlings Sporting Goods1 open role
- Reyes Holdings1 open role
- The Staff Pad1 open role
- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center1 open role
- Tractor Supply1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Coffee 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).
- Southern Middle Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry, Wayne
American Job Center of Tennessee - Tullahoma
Tullahoma · Comprehensive · 931-454-1905
Monday - Friday, 8:00am- 4:30pm
Cities in Coffee County
Other Tennessee counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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