Tennessee September unemployment rate increases

Tennessee’s unemployment rate increased in September but remained 1% lower than the national rate. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development said the state’s September unemployment rate was at 3.2%, up from 3.1% the previous month and a three-month record-low of 3% between May and July. The September 2024 rate was 0.2% lower than the rate was at the same time the previous year. Tennessee employers added 3,300 nonfarm jobs between August and September 2024. The health care and social assistance sector accounted for the largest increase, followed by the retail trade sector and the professional, scientific, and technical services sector.