How many job openings are there in Tennessee?

Tennessee had 143K job openings as of Dec 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).

How many people were hired in Tennessee recently?

Tennessee recorded 122K hires in Dec 2025, according to the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. This tallies all payroll additions in the period, regardless of whether headcount grew overall.

What is the quits rate in Tennessee?

73K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Tennessee during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 2.2%. Quits are a closely-watched confidence signal, workers tend to leave voluntarily only when they expect to find something better.

How many layoffs happened in Tennessee?

There were 38K layoffs and discharges in Tennessee during Dec 2025. This tallies involuntary job losses only, layoffs with no plan to rehire plus discharges for cause, not voluntary departures.

What are total separations in Tennessee?

Total separations in Tennessee reached 123K in Dec 2025. The figure covers every way a worker can leave a job in JOLTS accounting, quits, layoffs, discharges, retirements, and intra-firm transfers alike.

State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025

Tennessee Labor Market

BLS JOLTS state totals for Tennessee: openings, hires, quits, and layoffs by month, with industry mix where the extract includes it. State releases may trail the national headline.

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

143K
Job openings: 122K
Hires: 2.2%
Quits rate: 19th
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-47 Tennessee

143K openings · 4.1% rate · 122K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 143K
RATE 4.1%
RANK 19th
HIRE 122K
QUIT 2.2%
LAY 38K
YOY -7.7%
PHOTO Texas

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Texas (4.1%)

Openings-rate neighbourhood · Dec 2025 (this state highlighted)

Tennessee is 19th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Texas →

Labor market health score

C+

Labor market health score

60/100

Tennessee, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions

A weighted composite of the job openings, hires, and quits rates against every other state's same-month JOLTS data. It describes the latest reported month, not a forecast, and does not weigh wages, cost of living, or industry mix.

Job openings rate C 4.1%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate C+ 3.6%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate C 2.2%

Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal

Tight rate band

Tennessee sits in the tightest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only (not the hero's multi-month average). Tennessee is 16th of 51; rates are openings per 100 jobs, not job quality. Signature: 16th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (4.1%).

Tennessee among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Tennessee openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Tennessee sits at 16th of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.

Tennessee openings fell 7.7% year over year

Monthly job openings in Tennessee from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 4.1%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Tennessee sits: Hot & confident

Each point is one state, Dec 2025: openings rate on the x-axis, voluntary quits rate on the y-axis. A hot job market does not reliably make workers confident enough to quit and chase it, and across the full 51-state table the two rates correlate only weakly. Tennessee's own openings rate is 4.1% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 2.2% against a 2.2% average.