NASHVILLE – Unemployment in the state of Tennessee reached a two-year low in December, according to new data released by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The state ended 2021 with an unemployment rate of 3.8%, which was 0.2 of a percentage point lower than the rate it recorded in November.
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Read full storyThursday, January 20, 2022 | 01:30pm
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Read full storyWednesday, December 22, 2021 | 01:30pm
NASHVILLE – The employment situation improved in a majority of Tennessee’s counties during November, according to data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. This comes after the statewide unemployment rate returned to pre-pandemic levels for the month.
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Read full storyThursday, December 16, 2021 | 01:30pm
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level since March 2020, the last month before COVID-19 business closures impacted workers across the state. According to new data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD), Tennessee recorded an unemployment rate of 4% in November 2021.
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Read full storyWednesday, November 24, 2021 | 01:30pm
NASHVILLE – New data revealed the employment situation continued to improve for a majority of Tennessee’s counties in October 2021, according to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
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Read full storyThursday, November 18, 2021 | 01:30pm
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s employment situation improved again in October as the statewide jobless rate dropped for the fifth consecutive month. According to the latest data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD), the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate came in at 4.2% for the month.
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Read full storyThursday, October 28, 2021 | 01:30pm
NASHVILLE – Unemployment rates dropped in a majority of counties across Tennessee in September, according to the latest data released by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
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Read full storyThursday, October 21, 2021 | 01:30pm
NASHVILLE – New data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) shows Tennessee’s economy continued to rebound in September as unemployment dropped for the fourth consecutive month. The seasonally adjusted figure for the month is set at 4.4%, inching even closer to pre-pandemic levels.
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Read full storyThursday, September 23, 2021 | 01:30pm
NASHVILLE – Unemployment rates in nearly all of Tennessee’s counties decreased in August. This marks the second consecutive month the jobless situation has improved in 93 or more of the state’s 95 counties.
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Read full storyThursday, September 16, 2021 | 01:30pm
NASHVILLE – As Tennessee’s economy continues to rebound, the state has experienced three consecutive months of lower unemployment, according to newly released data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
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Read full storyThursday, August 26, 2021 | 01:30pm
NASHVILLE – As Tennesseans continue to rejoin the workforce, all but one of the state’s 95 counties experienced lower unemployment in July, according to new data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
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Read full storyThursday, August 19, 2021 | 01:30pm
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s statewide unemployment rate decreased for the second consecutive month in July, according to newly released data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
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Read full storyThursday, July 22, 2021 | 01:30pm
NASHVILLE – Each June, Tennessee counties experience an increase in unemployment as schools close for summer break and lay off workers. Recent college graduates entering the workforce for the first time also impact the data each year. Once again this June, data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) showed jobless rates increased in each of the state’s 95 counties.
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Read full storyMonday, July 19, 2021 | 03:20pm
NASHVILLE – The revised reporting of data shows a 28% drop in the number of initial claims for the week ending July 10, 2021, as Tennessee transitioned away from federal pandemic unemployment programs.
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Read full storyThursday, July 15, 2021 | 01:30pm
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s economic recovery continued in June as the statewide unemployment rate decreased to 4.9%, according to the latest data by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
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Read full storyThursday, July 08, 2021 | 07:30am
Tennessee Unemployment Claims Data for week ending July 3, 2021. Thursday, July 8, 2021, marks the last day the Department will publish weekly Tennessee Unemployment Claims Data.