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Tennessee: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Tennessee from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20263.4%#17 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20253.5%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20253.53M+2.0% on a year earlier
Employed, 20253.40M124,484 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%20%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
2.5M2.8M3M3.2M3.5M3.8M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20253.5%3,529,1103,404,626124,484
20243.4%3,458,7013,341,996116,705
20233.3%3,405,1163,294,385110,731
20223.4%3,380,9163,266,847114,069
20214.5%3,333,4113,184,710148,701
20207.4%3,294,7933,049,480245,313
20193.3%3,329,4373,218,077111,360
20183.5%3,250,0293,136,967113,062
20173.7%3,187,8373,068,306119,531
20164.7%3,135,2192,987,176148,043
20155.5%3,078,8402,907,967170,873
20146.5%3,052,5722,852,672199,900
20137.7%3,085,9572,849,509236,448
20127.9%3,102,5382,856,495246,043
20119.0%3,119,2272,837,073282,154
20109.8%3,094,8342,791,618303,216
200910.4%3,050,3822,733,219317,163
20086.5%3,067,9022,869,477198,425
20074.6%3,047,6542,906,077141,577
20065.2%3,015,5792,858,723156,856
20055.5%2,899,8462,740,356159,490
20045.3%2,899,8312,745,192154,639
20035.5%2,907,0802,746,039161,041
20025.2%2,898,3202,748,563149,757
20014.6%2,858,0502,726,557131,493
20003.8%2,845,3082,735,994109,314
19994.0%2,835,9062,723,647112,259
19984.3%2,804,4452,683,018121,427
19975.2%2,775,2282,630,276144,952
19965.2%2,758,7732,615,161143,612
19955.1%2,719,0472,579,772139,275
19944.8%2,655,4692,527,786127,683
19935.8%2,533,0742,386,937146,137
19926.5%2,470,3522,310,842159,510
19916.7%2,420,8832,259,563161,320
19905.3%2,396,6952,268,518128,177
19895.1%2,345,1272,225,504119,623
19885.8%2,313,4292,179,833133,596
19876.6%2,313,0512,159,553153,498
19867.9%2,278,9252,099,293179,632
19857.9%2,241,8472,063,862177,985
19848.7%2,215,5652,023,130192,435
198311.5%2,174,3601,923,659250,701
198211.8%2,131,6291,879,496252,133
19818.9%2,110,4451,923,396187,049
19807.4%2,072,9171,919,912153,005
19795.9%2,036,2991,916,951119,348
19785.8%1,974,8141,861,117113,697
19776.2%1,936,8371,816,156120,681
19766.1%1,859,4331,745,655113,778

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.