Henderson County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Henderson County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Henderson County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
11,735
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
27,906
people in Henderson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$53,471
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Henderson 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 4.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+361 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−334 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Henderson County. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Henderson County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Henderson 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 Henderson 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.

Nidec2 open roles
NIdec Motor1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Southwest Tennessee Workforce Development Board
Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McNairy

American Job Center of Tennessee - Lexington
Lexington · Affiliate · 731-249-7036
8:00am-4:30pm Monday-Friday

Cities in Henderson County

Lexington3 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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