September statewide rate of 3.2% is nearly 1 full percentage point less than national rate
Tennessee’s unemployment rate increased slightly last month but is still nearly 1 full percentage point below the national rate, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.2% in September, up one-tenth of a percentage point over the previous month.
The state saw a record-low rate of 3% in May, June and July. When compared with last year, Tennessee’s unemployment rate is two-tenths of a percentage point lower than its Sept. 2023 rate of 3.4%.
Tennessee employers added 3,300 nonfarm jobs between August and Sept. 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.
Over the past year, total nonfarm employment across the state increased by 31,100 jobs, with the biggest gains in the education and health services sector, followed by the trade, transportation and utilities sector and other services.
Find the complete analysis of September unemployment HERE.
Even though Tennessee experienced a small uptick in its unemployment rate over the past month, the state’s rate is still nearly 1 full percentage point below the U.S. rate of 4.1%. The national rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point over the previous month. It increased three-tenths of a percentage point from its rate in Sept. 2023.
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