Hawkins County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Hawkins County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Hawkins County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
23,476
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
57,446
people in Hawkins County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$55,278
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Hawkins 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 14.9% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 5.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.7%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+1,019 jobs), admin & staffing (+723 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−372 jobs)

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Hawkins County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Hawkins 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 Hawkins 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.

CRH Public3 open roles
Labcorp Holdings1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Hawkins 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 - Rogersville
Rogersville · Affiliate · 423-293-3774
Tuesday, Thursday and -Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM

Cities in Hawkins 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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