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Sumner County, TN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Sumner County’s unemployment rate is 2.8%. Employers filed 2 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 45 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Sumner County economy

  • 2.8%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.0% the month before

  • 115,407

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 200,553

    people in Sumner County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $86,005

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 41%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Sumner County ranks

Where Sumner County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

Sumner 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 5.6% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 9.2% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 2.8%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+1,666 jobs), health care (+1,215 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

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Sumner County layoffs

  • 2

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 201

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 2

    employers

Layoff notices filed in Sumner County, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Stanley Black & DeckerTakes effect Aug 28, 2026Sumner County116—State record
ABC TechnologiesTakes effect Nov 24, 2025Sumner County85—State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Sumner 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.

  1. Firefighters First Credit Union4 open roles
  2. LifePoint Health3 open roles
  3. Macy's3 open roles
  4. Timken3 open roles
  5. Dorman Products2 open roles
  6. American Home Design1 open role
  7. Beneficial Talent Source1 open role
  8. Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
  9. Daymon1 open role
  10. DelRicht Research1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Sumner County

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Sumner County

Colleges in Sumner County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Welch CollegeGallatinPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • American Job Center of Tennessee - Gallatin

    Gallatin · Comprehensive · 615-451-5800

    8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday

Cities in Sumner 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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