Greene County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Greene County’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Greene County economy

4.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
28,733
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
70,919
people in Greene County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,071
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Greene 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 1.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 5.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.5%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−511 jobs), manufacturing (−459 jobs)

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Greene County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Greene 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 Greene 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.

Clayens US2 open roles
Artazn LLC.1 open role
Pioneer Transformers1 open role
University of Tennessee1 open role
University of Tennessee System1 open role

Colleges in Greene County

Colleges in Greene County
College	City	Type	Students
Tusculum University	Greeneville	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Northeast Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington

American Job Center of Tennessee - Greenville
Greeneville · Affiliate · 423-588-5600
8:00 a.m. to 4;30 p.m. Monday - Friday

Cities in Greene County

Greeneville6 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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