Dyer County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Dyer County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Dyer County economy

3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
18,085
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
36,681
people in Dyer County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,973
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Dyer 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 up 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 1.1% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.0%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+557 jobs)

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Dyer County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Dyer 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.

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Employers hiring most in Dyer 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.

Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role
Dyersburg, TN1 open role
Ermco-Eci1 open role
Gerdau1 open role
Heartland Veterinary Partners1 open role
Nortek Data Center Cooling1 open role
Southern Contracting1 open role
Visit our1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Dyer 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 - Dyersburg
Dyersburg · Comprehensive · 731-501-1109
8:00am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday

Cities in Dyer County

Dyersburg8 jobs

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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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