Rutherford Times

Rutherford County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 7,348 people out of the 335,595 living in Rutherford County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Rutherford County has decreased compared to the 4.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Rutherford County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 179,071 people who had a job during that time, 722 were employed in the Armed Forces and 178,349 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	7,348	3.9%
Employed	179,071	96.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	178,349	95.7%
Employed in armed forces	722	0.4%