Scott County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Scott County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Scott County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
8,819
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
21,969
people in Scott County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$42,679
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Scott 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 1.0% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.9%, down 0.2 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Scott 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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Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Scott County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Scott 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 Scott 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.

Container Technologies1 open role
JDS Technologies1 open role
Piper Maddox1 open role
Sunland1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Scott 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 - Oneida
Oneida · Affiliate
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm

Cities in Scott County

Oneida2 jobs

Other Tennessee counties

All of Tennessee

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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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