New data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development showed the statewide preliminary unemployment rate for March decreased to 3.4% after the statistic has held steady at 3.5% for the last five months.
The decrease put the seasonally adjusted rate for March just 0.2 of a percentage point away from Tennessee’s all-time low jobless number of 3.2%.
Tennessee employers in every corner of the state continue to search for a skilled workforce. Jobs4TN.gov has more than 350,000 open positions posted.