Hamblen County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meHamblen County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
27,519
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
64,930
people in Hamblen County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,794
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Hamblen 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 0.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+467 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−773 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Hamblen County. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Street Paving and Road Milling Projects Underway in Oak RidgeKnoxville Daily Sun · Oct 14, 2026
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- 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.
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- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Hamblen County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Hamblen 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 Hamblen 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.
- Cummins4 open roles
- Colgate Palmolive3 open roles
- Mahle3 open roles
- International Paper2 open roles
- All Ways Caring1 open role
- Alpha Agency1 open role
- Community Health Systems1 open role
- CRH Public1 open role
- Great Bay Staffing1 open role
- Handsome Brook Farms1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Hamblen 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 - Morristown
Morristown · Comprehensive · 423-317-1060
8:00am-4:30pm EST
Cities in Hamblen County
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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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