Cumberland County’s November 2021 unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, unchanged from October. November’s rate is down 2.2 percent from the November 2020 rate of 5.8 percent.
Statewide, Tennessee experienced lower unemployment for the sixth consecutive month. With a November seasonally adjusted rate of 4%, down 0.2 of a percentage point from October, the state matched its pre-pandemic unemployment levels.
Nationally, unemployment also improved in November. The seasonally adjusted rate for the month was 4.2%, down 0.4 of a percentage point from the October rate of 4.6%.