Tennessee Unemployment Taxes Unchanged for First Half of 2025

Tennessee’s unemployment tax rates are unchanged for the first half of 2025, according to the Labor and Workforce Development Department website.

Tax rates for experienced employers are determined using Premium Table 6 from Jan. 1 to June 30, according to the website. Premium Table 6 contains tax rates ranging from 0.01% to 2.3% for positive-rated employers and from 5% to 10% for negative-rated employers.

Tennessee is the only state to determine experienced employer unemployment tax rates on a semiannual basis.

The state already announced that the unemployment tax rate for new employers is 2.7% from July 1, 2024, to ...