NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s unemployment rate held steady in December at 3.6%, eight-tenths of a percentage point below the national rate, according to new data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
NASHVILLE – Tennessee began the busy 2025 holiday season in November with more people in the workforce than the previous year, according to newly released data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s unemployment rate held steady in September at 3.6%, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The release of September’s data was delayed because of the impact to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics during the federal government shutdown.
TNWorks officially launched at the Governor’s Conference on Economic and Community Development on November 5, 2025, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
NASHVILLE — Due to a lapse in appropriations to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics during the ongoing federal government shutdown, Tennessee did not receive the data necessary to publish the state’s September county unemployment rates and economic analysis.
NASHVILLE — Due to a temporary funding lapse, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development will delay the release of the state’s September unemployment data and accompanying monthly economic analysis.
Federal employees in Tennessee, as well as Tennessee State Government employees whose jobs were impacted due to the temporary federal government shutdown, may file for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits beginning on the first day of the shutdown.
NASHVILLE – Unemployment rates declined in every Tennessee county in August, according to new data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s unemployment rate held steady last month at 3.6%, seven-tenths of a percentage point below the national rate, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
NASHVILLE – The school break and other seasonal changes in employment contributed to an increase in unemployment rates in most Tennessee counties in July, according to new data released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
NASHVILLE – After several months of steady unemployment rates, newly released data for July reflects a slight change in Tennessee’s jobless rate, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
NASHVILLE – Seasonal changes in employment that occur annually, such as school breaks, led to an increase in county unemployment rates across Tennessee, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s unemployment rate held steady for the third month in a row at 3.5%, more than half a percentage point below the national rate, according to data released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) has partnered with Lipscomb University in Nashville to create the state’s first Early Childhood Education Apprenticeship Hub.
NASHVILLE –The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has made Disaster Unemployment Assistance available for nine Tennessee counties. These counties were impacted by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding occurring between April 2 and April 24, 2025, as declared in the Federal Disaster Declaration FEMA DR-4878.