Cleveland, TN

199 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 17420.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,900
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,830
Retail Salespersons	1,230
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	1,100
Cashiers	1,000
Stockers and Order Fillers	990
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	970
Waiters and Waitresses	720
General and Operations Managers	690
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	630
Office Clerks, General	630
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	600
Customer Service Representatives	590
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	540
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	510
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	500
Production Workers, All Other	500
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	450
Nursing Assistants	440
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	430

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Production Workers, All Other	7.22	500
Telemarketers	6.48	100
Food Processing Workers, All Other	5.55	100
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	2.97	360
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	2.83	1,100
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	2.43	170
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	2.34	350
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	2.33	1,900
Bakers	2.31	150
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.29	430
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	2.17	360
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	2.12	220
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	2.00	110
Nurse Practitioners	1.93	170
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1.92	510
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.75	250
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.72	1,830
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1.70	970
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1.67	360
Animal Caretakers	1.63	120

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$221,420
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$140,930
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$139,420
Lawyers	$131,980
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$131,860
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$125,380
Pharmacists	$124,160
Sales Managers	$123,610
Dentists, General	$122,910
Marketing Managers	$114,570
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations)	$109,730
Human Resources Managers	$107,470
Nurse Practitioners	$107,360
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$105,780
Electrical Engineers	$104,280
Software Developers	$102,600
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$99,640
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$99,130
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$96,360
Administrative Services Managers	$96,140

All 199 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	180	$71,840	0.45
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	80	$96,140	1.05
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	130	$26,850	1.15
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	120	$28,770	1.63
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$139,420	0.76
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	260	$48,900	1.32
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$28,690	1.44
Bakers `51-3011`	150	$29,420	2.31
Bartenders `35-3011`	110	$25,710	0.52
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	50	$36,560	1.10
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	110	$40,910	0.98
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	400	$43,660	1.06
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	50	Not available	0.42
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	90	$49,050	1.12
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	70	$73,610	0.23
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	150	$63,650	1.08
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	60	$62,560	2.05
Carpenters `47-2031`	80	$48,480	0.43
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,000	$27,140	1.17
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	60	$47,470	1.04
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	30	$62,180	0.59
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	40	$52,750	2.76
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	$140,930	0.76
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	90	$58,020	0.81
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	250	$28,510	1.75
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$76,550	0.39
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	110	$27,870	1.08
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	80	$58,240	0.91
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	100	$44,090	1.40
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	50	$45,560	1.08
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	50	$55,040	0.44
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	80	$48,080	1.76
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	100	$61,600	0.80
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$78,190	0.36
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	100	$48,670	0.49
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	70	$125,380	0.40
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	310	$44,190	1.01
Construction Managers `11-9021`	60	$94,900	0.55
Cooks, All Other `35-2019`	40	$20,420	6.88
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	150	$32,220	1.23
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	340	$35,030	0.86
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	40	$28,660	1.06
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$74,350	0.89
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	90	$36,730	0.85
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	590	$37,600	0.83
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	70	$43,720	1.37
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	140	$45,230	1.35
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	90	$79,880	1.44
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$122,910	1.27
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	350	$24,240	2.34
Dishwashers `35-9021`	100	$28,450	0.77
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	50	$50,770	0.93
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	120	$38,210	1.04
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	100	$99,640	1.13
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	110	$62,820	1.11
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	70	$104,280	1.19
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	60	$93,910	1.55
Electricians `47-2111`	120	$60,250	0.58
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	410	$59,330	1.06
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	50	$58,480	0.38
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	70	$45,250	0.82
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,830	$26,140	1.72
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	130	$131,860	0.56
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	200	$63,130	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	500	$36,580	1.49
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$38,420	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	180	$74,380	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$78,470	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	600	$59,190	1.52
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	30	$46,350	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	430	$58,120	2.29
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	420	$45,880	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	200	$59,910	1.17
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	280	$25,430	1.11
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	100	$39,380	5.55
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	40	$30,640	0.54
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	80	$60,630	1.20
Forest and Conservation Technicians `19-4071`	30	$54,900	3.80
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	690	$92,800	0.71
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	30	$57,290	0.56
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	40	$30,390	0.47
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	60	$58,240	1.11
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	970	$49,250	1.70
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	30	$30,840	1.20
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	60	$38,170	1.41
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	80	$44,460	1.81
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	540	$31,620	0.45
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	140	$26,130	1.20
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	80	$28,440	1.09
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	30	$41,120	1.35
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$107,470	0.69
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	200	$60,560	0.80
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	120	$96,360	1.19
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	360	$60,420	2.97
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	170	$105,780	2.43
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	360	$43,020	1.67
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	360	$44,520	2.17
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	100	$63,680	1.55
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	80	$51,120	0.59
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	Not available	$29,450
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	60	$62,210	2.11
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,900	$38,460	2.33
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	190	$34,150	0.73
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	60	$32,770	1.11
Lawyers `23-1011`	60	$131,980	0.31
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	30	$39,010	0.77
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$62,390	1.21
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	50	$21,700	2.03
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	270	$52,350	1.50
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	60	$25,440	1.33
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	260	$45,760	0.97
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	50	$43,490	1.03
Loan Officers `13-2072`	90	$57,010	1.16
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$63,600	0.60
Machinists `51-4041`	50	$46,120	0.59
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	240	$28,590	1.00
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	450	$45,830	1.07
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	$83,990	0.23
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	160	$86,720	0.91
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	130	$61,580	0.54
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	60	$114,570	0.56
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	30	$30,160	0.85
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	230	$37,170	1.03
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	30	$45,760	0.64
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	510	$38,580	1.92
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	160	$94,780	0.95
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	50	$49,850	1.33
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	40	$32,810	0.88
Meter Readers, Utilities `43-5041`	30	$46,560	5.88
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	240	$61,760	1.39
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	1,100	$44,110	2.83
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$58,770	0.79
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	60	$44,510	1.55
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	170	$107,360	1.93
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	440	$37,130	1.10
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$70,400	1.07
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	630	$36,100	0.92
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	110	$39,930	2.00
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	160	$48,210	1.19
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	220	$32,970	2.12
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	180	$33,050	1.19
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	80	$37,350	1.32
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	40	$48,640	0.37
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	90	$34,050	1.21
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators `47-2071`	40	$35,940	3.68
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$47,940	0.94
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	30	$43,880	0.41
Pharmacists `29-1051`	120	$124,160	1.32
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	200	$36,680	1.52
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	40	$64,290	1.45
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	80	$79,230	1.10
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	40	$221,420	0.43
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	80	$55,130	0.65
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	250	$58,800	1.33
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	120	$55,490	1.32
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	70	$28,130	0.51
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	30	$37,920	2.26
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	500	$38,010	7.22
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	170	$49,680	1.54
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	130	$80,720	0.45
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	40	$40,040	1.31
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	160	$32,770	0.63
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	150	$23,010	1.62
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	40	$37,540	0.98
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	630	$72,800	0.67
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	40	$39,640	1.45
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	40	$32,830	1.59
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,230	$32,160	1.14
Sales Managers `11-2022`	130	$123,610	0.72
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	160	$51,860	0.47
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	320	$57,390	0.93
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	80	$109,730	0.95
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	280	$63,380	0.94
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	390	$42,880	0.82
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	130	$47,800	0.92
Security Guards `33-9032`	100	$30,680	0.29
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	50	$36,400	1.55
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	70	$58,160	2.02
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	360	$43,460	1.59
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	40	$38,170	0.36
Software Developers `15-1252`	110	$102,600	0.23
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	70	$59,220	0.98
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	30	$63,280	0.76
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	40	$67,840	0.70
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	990	$32,870	1.26
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	110	$44,820	0.84
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	220	$26,590	1.50
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	390	$23,940	1.00
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	70	$56,960	1.68
Telemarketers `41-9041`	100	$28,040	6.48
Tellers `43-3071`	120	$37,160	1.31
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	60	$51,210	0.51
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	60	$99,130	1.05
Tree Trimmers and Pruners `37-3013`	Not available	$39,950
Tutors `25-3041`	40	$37,190	0.75
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	720	$23,300	1.15
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	70	$50,670	1.86
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	120	$46,670	1.02
Woodworkers, All Other `51-7099`	40	$37,970	25.79