State labor market
Tennessee labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for Tennessee. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
Tennessee hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in Tennessee.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where Tennessee workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
105,870estimated employmentHeavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
64,890estimated employmentGeneral and operations managers
63,720estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the Tennessee figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$81,500/yr Tennessee median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$122,430/yr Tennessee median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$61,090/yr Tennessee median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$76,840/yr Tennessee median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$59,980/yr Tennessee median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$131,990/yr Tennessee median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How Tennessee occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated Tennessee workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Tire builders$74,100/yr state median · 1,360 workers+29.1%vs. U.S. $57,390/yr
- Dentists, general$215,290/yr state median · 2,200 workers+25.9%vs. U.S. $170,950/yr
- Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other$82,090/yr state median · 1,150 workers+19.0%vs. U.S. $68,990/yr
- Educational instruction and library workers, all other$59,610/yr state median · 3,190 workers+17.1%vs. U.S. $50,890/yr
- Tutors$50,280/yr state median · 3,310 workers+16.0%vs. U.S. $43,350/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Web and digital interface designers$63,510/yr state median · 3,610 workers-38.9%vs. U.S. $104,000/yr
- Advertising sales agents$40,910/yr state median · 1,820 workers-36.9%vs. U.S. $64,820/yr
- Computer occupations, all other$76,470/yr state median · 10,930 workers-34.4%vs. U.S. $116,580/yr
- Tax preparers$36,600/yr state median · 1,260 workers-33.4%vs. U.S. $54,920/yr
- Marriage and family therapists$46,700/yr state median · 1,440 workers-30.2%vs. U.S. $66,940/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in Tennessee
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for Tennessee. Links marked “Tennessee report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no Tennessee report is available.
692 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.