JobAfterNext

North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area

326 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 4700003.

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

All 326 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011640$75,6600.60
Administrative Services Managers 11-3012160$96,4500.83
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-209130$40,2901.60
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-309190$21,1500.31
Animal Caretakers 39-2021220$29,8901.11
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904150$152,0600.33
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-3021130$43,5701.18
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023760$46,8901.46
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-6031200$29,5002.65
Bakers 51-3011410$39,5802.35
Bartenders 35-3011230$24,9400.41
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301150$38,7000.45
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021160$43,2800.54
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-104240$81,5701.07
Biological Technicians 19-402130$47,8900.60
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-30311,160$44,6101.15
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051490Not available1.64
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031180$57,1700.84
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199110Not available0.14
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021150$35,9901.51
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020330$49,7600.90
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-7011130$46,0002.21
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1194110$61,5301.32
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2032160$59,8201.96
Carpenters 47-2031320$46,0800.65
Cashiers 41-20113,320$27,2301.45
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-205180$45,1200.54
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-1011110$62,5200.72
Chemical Technicians 19-403130$46,0000.72
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-1011270Not available1.79
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021360$61,5001.23
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011360$27,9300.95
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302270$62,3301.29
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051100$91,3400.38
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103160$86,2600.25
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061200$31,7700.71
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010200$60,4300.80
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 19-303350$99,0700.96
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022100$38,8100.53
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124190$43,3201.65
Commercial and Industrial Designers 27-1021110Not available4.25
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-109950$51,5500.68
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041130$53,1000.41
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124170$106,7600.51
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-1231Not available$62,700
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-9161150$42,6201.19
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-1299230$75,5200.71
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211100$78,3400.27
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232300$47,1500.56
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021150$126,9800.30
Construction Laborers 47-2061950$40,1401.18
Construction Managers 11-9021170$99,3500.61
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401160$51,8200.53
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 49-901240$47,1201.11
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012670$35,0402.07
Cooks, Restaurant 35-20141,030$34,9100.99
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012160$30,4900.57
Cost Estimators 13-1051130$72,4500.81
Counselors, All Other 21-101940$51,9002.08
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021280$35,7000.93
Couriers and Messengers 43-502190$37,3301.81
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031130$38,2900.97
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9021190$38,5209.69
Customer Service Representatives 43-40511,510$38,7800.79
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-903270$37,2302.14
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031410$46,0603.22
Data Entry Keyers 43-902180$34,6900.84
Dental Assistants 31-9091240$44,3300.85
Dental Hygienists 29-1292200$84,2801.23
Dentists, General 29-102160$206,0000.66
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-3021100$70,5201.19
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203270$76,1101.12
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103150$62,2100.82
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011270$29,4300.68
Dishwashers 35-9021190$28,4400.55
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032150$41,1300.97
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031380$38,3701.25
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032290$82,6801.21
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-903380$125,3100.61
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-9031Not available$70,720
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-909950$37,0200.52
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012280$55,8201.06
Electrical Engineers 17-207140$94,9900.30
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051220$81,9502.28
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302340$71,0800.53
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209460$45,5701.31
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-202880$34,8300.43
Electricians 47-2111500$53,0300.88
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,620$52,4001.58
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061140$47,0301.23
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042180$37,1001.39
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) 17-2199140$80,2301.21
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 25-112340$71,8500.88
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204140$67,1000.54
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011120$55,6600.36
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031110$45,2700.47
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4021150$47,9003.31
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9041630$35,98014.58
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301350$91,2300.44
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-304160$45,3002.31
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-2092160$30,2500.80
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209350$32,9501.99
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30234,060$26,5001.42
File Clerks 43-407150$41,4100.98
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031310$124,2900.50
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 13-209940$55,6800.42
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205140$82,4100.15
Firefighters 33-2011230$38,5900.91
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011570$62,3600.94
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101450$35,4400.64
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102150$60,1000.73
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-10121,130$37,4401.25
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011130$40,0500.95
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101280$56,7800.83
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011490$76,2301.08
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101260$73,7100.41
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-10111,330$59,6101.26
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102270$37,9300.84
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012280$74,7702.47
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011890$60,0801.79
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-10111,230$43,9001.48
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047450$55,4600.97
Floral Designers 27-102370$30,6802.30
Food Batchmakers 51-3092110Not available0.88
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021720$26,7801.09
Food Processing Workers, All Other 51-309970$42,6301.52
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041220$30,1101.03
Food Service Managers 11-9051150$59,2700.85
Forest and Conservation Workers 45-401130$40,3206.93
Fundraisers 13-113150$50,3000.61
Funeral Attendants 39-402180$27,6203.29
Funeral Home Managers 11-917140$76,8803.55
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders 51-905130$43,7603.12
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,890$83,2000.73
Glaziers 47-212170$37,7701.53
Graphic Designers 27-102470$48,8000.48
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403370$38,6201.51
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071230$103,4701.38
Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022210$59,7401.49
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021370$47,2401.24
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,910$50,6701.25
Helpers--Electricians 47-301390$37,1401.93
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-9098110$36,1201.53
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 47-301540$42,7201.35
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198160$37,3501.30
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051220$38,5701.90
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11202,830$29,7000.89
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081150$28,5100.79
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-4161100$47,8401.57
Human Resources Managers 11-312160$109,2200.40
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071570$60,7100.84
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-3026190$82,4303.33
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112240$84,6800.91
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041470$55,2701.45
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051210$103,4601.13
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051720$36,8601.25
Information Security Analysts 15-121240Not available0.26
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061790$40,9401.80
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099100$45,6400.79
Instructional Coordinators 25-903190$64,4000.54
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall 47-213130$36,2201.00
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-904160$44,5600.41
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021210$53,0500.60
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,270$30,7800.78
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 23-102330$201,7001.69
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012150$51,5501.91
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70622,700$35,5701.24
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011530$35,5400.75
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011200$32,2101.38
Lawyers 23-1011140$117,3900.25
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6012110$35,9300.91
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022130$61,3401.35
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-20611,430$59,6102.99
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092110$27,3900.99
Light Truck Drivers 53-30331,020$34,9801.40
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-4131140$43,2101.14
Loan Officers 13-2072330$69,2401.61
Logging Equipment Operators 45-402260$45,8203.76
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108150$72,1200.26
Machinists 51-4041630$43,1902.95
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012750$28,7701.18
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-904340$62,4500.87
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-90711,290$43,4101.14
Management Analysts 13-1111110$84,4900.17
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199540$60,2901.18
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161240$62,7500.36
Marketing Managers 11-2021120$126,8100.41
Marriage and Family Therapists 21-101370$51,6401.34
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022120$38,1001.15
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214170$83,8300.31
Medical Assistants 31-9092590$36,8100.97
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072120$48,8700.80
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-60131,720$37,2302.42
Medical Transcriptionists 31-909450$39,6201.50
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111380$101,3800.86
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112150$46,5800.44
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-1023100$43,8901.04
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-1026130$35,4001.09
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders 51-405140$45,9203.29
Meter Readers, Utilities 43-5041100$37,9006.63
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022660$56,9901.44
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4035120$29,57013.56
Millwrights 49-904440$63,1201.26
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-20902,800$38,0902.69
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902370$48,3001.04
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042100$57,3700.75
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (4 O*NET occupations) 51-919550$45,1902.06
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4072280$38,9002.52
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 39-403140$45,8301.93
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 53-309980$29,2302.22
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-408140$36,5800.47
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-124490Not available0.40
New Accounts Clerks 43-4141Not available$49,770
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171370$107,0001.57
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,100$36,4301.03
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 25-107250$75,3800.78
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501160$83,1400.57
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1122130$97,3901.11
Occupational Therapy Assistants 31-201170$62,5701.93
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,710$35,4200.94
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-9199190$39,5801.35
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073420$48,7001.18
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205790$35,7101.62
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208180$48,9401.51
Optometrists 29-104130$156,5800.98
Order Clerks 43-415190$36,5501.61
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 49-305380$45,7402.96
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111310$36,6401.11
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064460$34,2501.12
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214160$37,6400.37
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-919670$33,7500.98
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011130$50,7200.46
Paramedics 29-2043140$44,2201.89
Parts Salespersons 41-2022260$35,2701.32
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 47-207160$37,4402.05
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305190$49,2800.79
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205260$87,4700.28
Pest Control Workers 37-202190$37,6201.21
Pharmacists 29-1051280$130,2801.17
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052540$37,5101.54
Phlebotomists 31-9097220$36,0602.09
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-2021240$62,1902.87
Physical Therapists 29-1123250$105,0501.24
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1071100$121,3600.85
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229100$225,0000.40
Pipelayers 47-215130$40,2801.29
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152270$49,0700.78
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051670$46,0401.35
Postal Service Clerks 43-5051100$63,6501.80
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052480$57,4701.98
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 25-1199110$62,6100.98
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011180$36,1700.51
Printing Press Operators 51-5112100$37,4200.93
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109270$59,1001.10
Procurement Clerks 43-306160$43,3301.37
Production Workers, All Other 51-91991,230$38,4106.60
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061290$47,3701.02
Project Management Specialists 13-1082410$78,4700.52
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202050$50,9201.20
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914160$49,0600.25
Psychiatric Technicians 29-2053100$31,2200.83
Public Relations Specialists 27-303160$47,3100.26
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031110$43,8201.50
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034220$61,3701.28
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-902240$36,7000.26
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171380$29,7600.56
Recreation Workers 39-9032120$31,7200.50
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-708150$44,8000.50
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11412,410$77,7200.97
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-101560$48,0300.80
Residential Advisors 39-904160$37,2200.90
Respiratory Therapists 29-112680$72,5600.80
Retail Salespersons 41-20313,160$29,7401.10
Roofers 47-2181140$45,2601.40
Sales Managers 11-2022250$116,3400.54
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091370$44,8800.40
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012670$56,4600.73
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-4011150$80,0000.73
Sales and Related Workers, All Other 41-909930$38,0100.44
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-7041170$36,2405.75
School Bus Monitors 33-909440$36,8800.70
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031830$60,0501.05
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,350$39,2701.07
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031180$54,4500.49
Security Guards 33-9032460$33,3200.49
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021160$47,9400.66
Sewing Machine Operators 51-6031390$31,3904.97
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221150$48,5400.53
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071500$39,2100.83
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053130$31,2000.70
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 51-302340$32,4700.75
Social Workers, All Other 21-102940$40,2200.92
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915170$80,4100.47
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093210$37,7700.66
Software Developers 15-1252200$120,0200.16
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052190$52,9200.96
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205770$51,4401.05
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058130$59,2501.04
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-1127130$92,9700.99
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70653,090$34,7701.48
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 51-204150$40,4401.20
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018310$45,6600.85
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031810$28,1302.10
Surgical Technologists 29-205580$59,6200.92
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-303160$45,8601.31
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-90451,390$30,1001.32
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-2022110$73,6401.03
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-9052130$57,9801.80
Tellers 43-3071570$34,5802.34
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309390$35,7701.12
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-209350$58,1001.26
Tool and Die Makers 51-4111210$51,0004.97
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151250Not available0.75
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-3071140$77,0800.83
Tutors 25-3041120$33,2800.92
Upholsterers 51-609390$37,7506.26
Veterinarians 29-113170$123,9101.15
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-9096120$35,4901.32
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205650$37,5700.58
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,640$22,3300.98
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031180$44,5801.89
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121640$46,4602.09
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-412250$45,5502.33
Woodworkers, All Other 51-709980$34,29019.25
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-7042110$35,5702.53
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-102330$75,2302.24