Tennessee’s unemployment rate for June was 4.1 percent, unchanged from the previous month. That’s according to Tennessee Labor Commissioner Burns Phillips.
The U.S. preliminary rate for June was 4.9 percent, up two-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month.
Over the past year, Tennessee’s unemployment rate has decreased from 5.7 percent to 4.1 percent while the national rate has declined from 5.3 to 4.9 percent.Total nonfarm employment increased 11,200 jobs from May to June. The largest increases occurred in leisure/hospitality, local government, & other services.
