Tennessee workforce development boards and American Job Centers

Tennessee at a glance

• 3.3%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

• 57

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

  naming 7,378 workers

• 65

  American Job Centers

• 50

  colleges in the IPEDS directory

  public and private nonprofit

See every Tennessee layoff notice

Laid off in Tennessee? How to file for unemployment in Tennessee (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Workforce boards

• East Tennessee Workforce Development Board

  Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Union

• Greater Memphis Workforce Development Board

  Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton

• Northeast Tennessee Workforce Development Board

  Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington

• Northern Middle Tennessee Workforce Development Board

  Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, Wilson

• Northwest Tennessee Workforce Development Board

  Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley

• Southeast Tennessee Workforce Development Board

  Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, Sequatchie

• Southern Middle Tennessee Workforce Development Board

  Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry, Wayne

• Southwest Tennessee Workforce Development Board

  Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McNairy

• Upper Cumberland Local Workforce Development Board , Inc.

  Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, De Kalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren, White

American Job Centers