County Unemployment Rates Improve Across Much of Tennessee
August 26, 2017
July 2017 Reflects a Positive Shift in 40 Tennessee Counties.
Nashville, TN – Amid historic lows in statewide unemployment figures, Tennessee’s county unemployment rates for July 2017 showed improvement in a large number of counties, according to data released today by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
Forty of Tennessee’s 95 counties bettered their unemployment rates, compared to June 2017 and 31 counties saw no movement during the latest survey.
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Prohibits Fireball Device From Operating In Tennessee
July 28, 2017
Decision Comes After Fatal Accident at the Ohio State Fair
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips has issued an order prohibiting all Fireball amusement devices, manufactured by KMG, from operating within the state. This is the device involved in a fatal accident Wednesday evening at the Ohio State Fair.
“After much consideration and thought, and with the safety of Tennesseans and visitors to our great state in mind, I have decided the Fireball amusement device should not operate here,” Commissioner Phillips explained.
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam Announces Lowest Unemployment Rate in State History
July 20, 2017
Tennessee has unemployment rate of 3.6 percent for June 2017
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips today announced Tennessee’s unemployment rate for June 2017 was 3.6 percent, the lowest in Tennessee recorded history.
The June 2017 preliminary seasonally adjusted rate surpasses the previous low of 3.7 percent from March 2000.
Tennessee Unemployment Rate Plummets Nearly an Entire Point to 4.0 Percent
June 16, 2017
Tennessee Unemployment Falls Below the National Average in May 2017
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) Commissioner Burns Phillips announces a preliminary unemployment rate of 4.0 percent for May, remarkably dropping nearly an entire percentage point from April’s revised rate of 4.7 percent.
Declining one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month, the national preliminary rate now stands at 4.3 percent.
Tennessee Unemployment Rates Improve Across All Counties
May 28, 2017
April 2017 Data Tells Story of Continued Improvement in Tennessee’s Workforce
Nashville, TN – Tennessee’s county unemployment rates for April 2017 have decreased in all 95 counties, according to data released today by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
Montgomery County’s unemployment rate in April dropped to 4.1 percent from March’s 5.0 percent.
Tennessee Unemployment Rate drops to 4.7 Percent
May 19, 2017
Tennessee’s Decline Greater than the National Adjustment
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) Commissioner Burns Phillips announces a preliminary unemployment rate of 4.7 percent for April, dropping from the revised rate of 5.1 percent in March.
Tennessee Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.1 Percent
April 22, 2017
March 2017 Statistics Reveals Tennesseans are Finding Jobs in a Growing Workforce
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) Commissioner Burns Phillips announces a preliminary unemployment rate of 5.1 percent for March, positively shifting from February’s revised rate of 5.3 percent.
This progress matches the U.S. preliminary rate’s decline of two-tenths of a percentage point to 4.5 percent.
Tennessee County Unemployment Rates Decrease in all Counties for February 2017
March 31, 2017
Nashville, TN – Estimates for February 2017 reveal Tennessee’s county unemployment rates have decreased in all 95 counties, according to data released today by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).
Tennessee Unemployment Rate in February drops to 5.3 Percent
March 24, 2017
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announces a preliminary unemployment rate of 5.3 percent for February.
This is an improvement from the revised January rate of 5.4 percent. February’s U.S. preliminary rate is 4.7 percent, matching Tennessee with a tenth of a percentage point decline from the previous month.
Job Influx Meets a 5.4 Percent Tennessee Unemployment Rate in January
March 2, 2017
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announces a preliminary unemployment rate for January at 5.4 percent, increasing from the revised December rate of 5.1 percent.
The U.S. preliminary rate for January is 4.8 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month.
