Sullivan County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Sullivan County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 93 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Sullivan County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
73,504
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
159,693
people in Sullivan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,802
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Sullivan 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 2.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+938 jobs), health care (+719 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−902 jobs), transportation & warehousing (−458 jobs)

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Sullivan County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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.

Eastman Credit Union22 open roles
BAE Systems9 open roles
Domtar8 open roles
Eastman Chemical8 open roles
Parsons6 open roles
Parkerstaffing4 open roles
Eastman Credit Union3 open roles
Eastman2 open roles
Hays2 open roles
M.C. Dean2 open roles

Colleges in Sullivan County

Colleges in Sullivan County
College	City	Type	Students
King University	Bristol	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Sullivan 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 - Kingsport
Kingsport · Comprehensive · 423-224-1800
8:00an - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday

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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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