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Jackson, TN

287 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 27180.

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

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.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
General Internal Medicine Physicians$412,460
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$245,880
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$201,090
Nurse Anesthetists$190,970
Pharmacists$140,540
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$139,040
Sales Managers$134,810
Lawyers$133,770
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$131,090
Computer and Information Systems Managers$130,280
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$123,840
Marketing Managers$121,910
Human Resources Managers$115,320
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations)$110,570
Administrative Services Managers$108,900
Nurse Practitioners$108,260
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$108,090
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$104,600
Medical and Health Services Managers$100,770
Electrical Engineers$100,190
All 287 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011520$71,9800.66
Administrative Services Managers 11-3012130$108,9000.89
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-209180$36,6605.31
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091110$27,2800.50
Animal Caretakers 39-2021110$30,8900.75
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 17-101130$81,5100.54
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904180$139,0400.63
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-3021120$45,7701.44
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023520$49,9101.35
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603160$31,1401.04
Bakers 51-3011130$34,6300.97
Bartenders 35-3011180$22,0300.44
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301180$36,2400.91
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021240$41,0901.11
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031800$45,2401.07
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051280$41,5901.28
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031210$55,6901.33
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199130$62,7700.22
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302190$38,8401.19
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020330$52,8801.25
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119460$63,4400.90
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203280$59,1201.36
Carpenters 47-2031170$47,9500.45
Cashiers 41-20111,780$27,6901.06
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051180$43,7301.59
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101160$69,2800.54
Chemical Technicians 19-403130$57,3901.01
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101190$201,0900.81
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021250$53,9601.17
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011300$27,5401.06
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302240$57,2701.18
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051100$93,0700.48
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103180$65,3000.44
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061240$34,5601.15
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010210$62,4201.14
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022120$37,7000.87
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124110$46,1101.29
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-109950$54,2500.90
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041160$59,8100.73
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124150$110,5700.54
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123140$60,0100.46
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-916160$50,4500.61
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-1299140$72,0900.60
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211170$77,7900.62
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232200$48,5300.50
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021110$130,2800.31
Construction Laborers 47-2061580$44,6100.97
Construction Managers 11-9021140$97,0700.67
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401160$54,4500.78
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011400$26,4301.13
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012510$35,1102.12
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014490$35,4900.64
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012140$45,7700.70
Cost Estimators 13-1051100$69,3800.78
Counselors, All Other 21-101950$52,8803.47
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021200$37,3600.94
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031110$48,2501.15
Crane and Tower Operators 53-702170$59,4102.97
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9021140$47,18010.23
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051970$38,6800.69
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-903250$47,8902.04
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031210$43,1502.23
Data Entry Keyers 43-902170$36,2700.94
Dental Assistants 31-9091190$46,5900.90
Dental Hygienists 29-1292110$82,7500.92
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-3021100$75,6101.53
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203290$82,0001.81
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103140$58,6200.84
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011260$24,8500.86
Dishwashers 35-9021140$29,6300.54
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032130$50,7201.17
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031260$38,3101.19
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032240$85,9101.34
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-903350$77,2000.51
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-909970$38,1501.11
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012170$55,4000.88
Electrical Engineers 17-207140$100,1900.39
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051110$80,9401.48
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302340$60,6800.81
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209480$69,9502.33
Electricians 47-2111520$60,3601.27
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021890$51,4701.18
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406180$46,1600.95
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042120$39,1801.26
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) 17-219960$99,1800.75
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204160$68,3901.16
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011100$55,7500.39
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031150$41,2600.88
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4021150$48,2504.66
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9041100$42,3203.24
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301360$108,0900.75
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-304160$45,4802.78
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,370$26,3601.13
Fence Erectors 47-403150$45,8004.11
File Clerks 43-4071110$39,0302.76
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031250$131,0900.55
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205150$81,6000.25
Firefighters 33-2011230$36,1401.22
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011430$69,8900.98
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102180$51,7501.48
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012740$36,6601.11
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-101150$48,0100.48
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101260$52,5600.90
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011460$75,8601.37
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101290$71,3800.81
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-10111,040$61,2701.33
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102250$42,4300.81
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012240$67,3002.89
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011850$63,5502.31
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011730$46,9001.20
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047330$61,7200.98
Food Batchmakers 51-3092640$40,5606.75
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021580$26,9701.18
Food Processing Workers, All Other 51-3099120$43,1503.27
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041100$27,9500.60
Food Service Managers 11-905180$61,3800.62
Forensic Science Technicians 19-409240$74,0203.45
General Internal Medicine Physicians 29-1216160$412,4604.36
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,220$98,0400.64
Graphic Designers 27-102440$48,0400.37
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 29-909970$82,8003.60
Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022230$54,5202.27
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021260$54,1501.17
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,870$55,1601.67
Helpers--Electricians 47-3013100$38,4802.81
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909880$39,9201.47
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 47-301550$46,6501.95
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198270$41,3403.05
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051160$45,7801.87
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11202,280$31,1200.97
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031280$29,3001.17
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081130$28,4100.90
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-4161100$46,1602.04
Human Resources Managers 11-312170$115,3200.58
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071370$63,4300.75
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-3026120$66,0002.89
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112200$94,0600.98
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041630$76,2602.65
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051180$123,8401.32
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051700$38,5701.66
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061600$45,9101.84
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099110$58,9501.17
Instructional Coordinators 25-903180$67,6700.65
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-904190$36,8100.82
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021190$64,3100.73
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-4111280$38,9303.43
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2011740$33,9000.61
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012110$52,1101.84
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70622,410$36,7101.50
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011470$35,2800.91
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011140$32,1801.30
Lawyers 23-1011190$133,7700.46
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601260$45,6100.74
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402270$57,5600.98
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061810$50,6702.30
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033630$43,6601.19
Loan Officers 13-2072150$61,5001.00
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1081140$50,2201.03
Machinists 51-4041240$48,3401.52
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012490$29,3201.06
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-904350$62,8901.66
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-90711,040$48,0801.25
Management Analysts 13-111190$80,7900.19
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199290$79,8400.84
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161140$57,7900.29
Marketing Managers 11-2021100$121,9100.44
Marriage and Family Therapists 21-101360$48,6001.68
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022190$38,6202.36
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214180$96,2900.48
Medical Assistants 31-9092420$37,2800.96
Medical Equipment Preparers 31-909350$38,7401.08
Medical Records Specialists 29-207290$57,1500.89
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-60131,080$38,1002.07
Medical Transcriptionists 31-909460$46,6802.77
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111300$100,7700.94
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112130$46,2000.39
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102370$37,1700.99
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-1026130$35,0701.42
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other 51-419950$32,9906.28
Meter Readers, Utilities 43-504150$47,8704.38
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022430$55,8601.29
Millwrights 49-904440$59,6701.73
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-20901,890$40,3402.48
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023100$48,6101.97
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-304250$61,8300.51
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4072100$37,4001.23
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-408160$47,8400.82
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-124490$77,9000.52
Nurse Anesthetists 29-115160$190,9701.95
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171410$108,2602.34
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,080$36,9001.38
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501170$78,4600.89
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112280$87,3600.87
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,170$37,7500.87
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-9199130$36,2201.22
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073270$47,2401.03
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205750$36,6201.31
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208160$47,4801.45
Order Clerks 43-415180$34,3802.00
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111220$39,8901.08
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064530$37,6701.73
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214160$42,8400.51
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9196420$45,9008.11
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011110$48,9700.49
Paramedics 29-2043100$51,5501.87
Parts Salespersons 41-2022210$36,8601.41
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305160$47,8200.73
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205250$60,4200.36
Pest Control Workers 37-2021100$38,4101.79
Pharmacists 29-1051180$140,5401.01
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052310$39,0901.19
Phlebotomists 31-9097140$37,3701.78
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-2021120$60,9801.95
Physical Therapists 29-1123140$96,6100.99
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107160$104,6000.67
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-122980$245,8800.41
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-419390$38,2205.39
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152260$52,6201.03
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051460$53,3201.25
Postal Service Clerks 43-505160$64,2901.52
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052200$59,0101.14
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 25-119970$65,3500.88
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011120$35,9800.48
Printing Press Operators 51-5112120$39,3601.53
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109280$58,0101.68
Procurement Clerks 43-306140$40,2501.48
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) 27-201240Not available0.55
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199870$45,5006.33
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061340$52,9101.59
Project Management Specialists 13-1082330$81,4500.57
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202050$64,0501.51
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914170$46,1300.39
Psychiatric Technicians 29-2053190$38,9302.28
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 25-106650$65,1802.18
Public Relations Specialists 27-303140$52,5800.25
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031110$44,4501.97
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034160$64,6201.30
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171270$33,8600.55
Recreation Workers 39-903260$33,5500.34
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081100$50,0501.24
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,930$75,6101.05
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-101570$40,1901.43
Residential Advisors 39-9041130$29,2102.92
Respiratory Therapists 29-1126110$65,3101.41
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,390$30,9901.13
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-402340$63,9003.24
Sales Managers 11-2022220$134,8100.65
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091360$51,5400.52
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012590$59,5600.88
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-4011100$81,5300.66
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-704180$45,8503.53
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031580$59,7001.00
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014850$40,7200.92
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031250$47,8300.95
Security Guards 33-9032460$35,9600.66
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 49-209840$58,3100.77
Sewing Machine Operators 51-603150$37,3800.96
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221140$63,3000.54
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071650$45,3201.47
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305360$29,5500.45
Skincare Specialists 39-509430$31,4100.85
Social Workers, All Other 21-102950$36,3001.40
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915160$88,6900.53
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093150$40,8200.61
Software Developers 15-1252130$96,5400.14
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052110$52,3700.76
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205740$56,4500.79
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205870$59,9600.74
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-1127100$82,0000.96
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,470$34,4100.95
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 51-204180$58,4902.88
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018420$46,5201.59
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031100$23,4000.36
Surgical Technologists 29-205570$59,0901.06
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045850$29,1901.10
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202250$76,4800.60
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-9052120$59,1602.22
Tellers 43-3071180$35,6001.01
Tool and Die Makers 51-4111110$57,2403.61
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151190$49,8700.77
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-3071120$83,1301.03
Tutors 25-304140$37,4000.42
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909650$35,8400.69
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031930$20,4900.76
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-803190$49,0701.36
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121600$45,4602.66
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-4122100$36,3505.92