Tennessee sees increase in unemploymet in July

Tennessee’s unemployment rate increased to 3.6% in July, up from the 3.5% rate the state reported in July but still below the national rate of 4.2% in July. In addition to increasing month-over-month, the rate had also increased by 0.2% over the same month last year. Employers added 21,500 non farm jobs to their payrolls with the biggest increases in the government sector followed by the professional, scientific, and technical services sector, and the leisure and hospitality sector. Declines were reported in the private education sector and the nondurable goods and manufacturing sector. Detailed information about the July 2025 unemployment data is available here.