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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area

What professions have the highest employment in Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area. We note that the total employment in Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area is 138,310. The most popular job is the retail salesperson profession, which employs 5,320 people (3.85 percent of the total employment in Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area). The second most common job is the waiters and waitresses profession which employs 4,980 people (3.60 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area (2022 survey)

Job Description # of
Empl. i
% of    
Empl. i
Average
Salary i
1 All Occupations
138,310
100.00% $35,440
2 Retail Salespersons
5,320
3.85% $26,250
3 Waiters and Waitresses
4,980
3.60% $19,930
4 Cashiers
4,820
3.48% $22,460
5 Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
4,680
3.38% $38,090
6 Stockers and Order Fillers
3,150
2.28% $28,690
7 Fast Food and Counter Workers
2,870
2.08% $21,990
8 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers
2,470
1.79% $31,970
9 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
2,460
1.78% $36,780
10 Office Clerks, General
2,210
1.60% $30,180
11 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
2,160
1.56% $44,350
12 Restaurant Cooks
2,140
1.55% $29,180
13 Customer Service Representatives
2,040
1.47% $29,960
14 Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
2,000
1.45% $23,850
15 General and Operations Managers
1,900
1.37% $85,530
16 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
1,860
1.34% $49,560
17 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
1,800
1.30% $26,730
18 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
1,760
1.27% $37,880
19 Fast Food Cooks
1,710
1.24% $21,970
20 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
1,650
1.19% $37,460
21 First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
1,620
1.17% $33,290
22 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
1,600
1.16% $47,440
23 Registered Nurses
1,430
1.03% $63,760
24 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
1,390
1.00% $36,060
25 Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers
1,350
0.98% $36,840
26 Other Production Workers
1,320
0.95% $36,460
27 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
1,300
0.94% $42,780
28 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
1,270
0.92% $28,230
29 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
1,210
0.87% $57,870
30 Food Preparation Workers
1,190
0.86% $22,880
31 Amusement and Recreation Attendants
1,160
0.84% $24,850
32 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
1,110
0.80% $40,530
33 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
1,100
0.80% $50,090
34 Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
1,020
0.74% $21,700
35 Construction Laborers
1,000
0.72% $36,910
36 Home Health and Personal Care Aides
970
0.70% $25,070
37 Nursing Assistants
960
0.69% $29,570
38 Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
940
0.68% $24,000
39 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
890
0.64% $46,540
40 Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
820
0.59% $29,250
41 Security Guards
800
0.58% $29,230
42 Correctional Officers and Jailers
740
0.54% $37,650
43 Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
730
0.53% $35,830
44 Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers
720
0.52% $23,760
45 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
720
0.52% $42,680
46 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
670
0.48% $38,280
47 Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
650
0.47% $40,390
48 Institution and Cafeteria Cooks
620
0.45% $28,000
49 Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
620
0.45% $37,500
50 Packers and Packagers
620
0.45% $28,290
51 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
610
0.44% $65,610
52 Tellers
590
0.43% $29,270
53 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
580
0.42% $40,730
54 Food Service Managers
570
0.41% $47,270
55 Pharmacy Technicians
570
0.41% $35,200
56 Receptionists and Information Clerks
570
0.41% $28,730
57 Bartenders
560
0.40% $23,520
58 Industrial Machinery Mechanics
560
0.40% $59,940
59 All Other Managers
550
0.40% $61,420
60 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
530
0.38% $47,640
61 Medical Secretaries
530
0.38% $30,410
62 First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
520
0.38% $48,430
63 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
510
0.37% $49,650
64 Industrial Engineers
500
0.36% $79,820
65 Recreation Workers
490
0.35% $25,730
66 Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
490
0.35% $37,450
67 School Bus Drivers
490
0.35% $25,390
68 Accountants and Auditors
480
0.35% $61,960
69 Machinists
480
0.35% $45,100
70 Dishwashers
460
0.33% $22,660
71 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
460
0.33% $58,400
72 Financial Managers
440
0.32% $101,330
73 Human Resources Specialists
430
0.31% $50,910
74 Tour and Travel Guides
430
0.31% $31,210
75 Sewing Machine Operators
420
0.30% $28,400
76 Medical Assistants
410
0.30% $32,500
77 Short-Term Substitute Teachers
400
0.29% $29,090
78 Postal Service Mail Carriers
400
0.29% $54,000
79 Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
400
0.29% $43,420
80 Carpenters
400
0.29% $39,870
81 Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
400
0.29% $39,070
82 Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
400
0.29% $27,340
83 Other Business Operations Specialists
370
0.27% $48,980
84 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
360
0.26% $35,390
85 Industrial Production Managers
330
0.24% $98,630
86 First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
330
0.24% $35,000
87 Computer Occupations, All Other
320
0.23% $49,730
88 Pharmacists
310
0.22% $126,300
89 Firefighters
310
0.22% $37,460
90 Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
310
0.22% $30,430
91 Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
310
0.22% $43,680
92 Buyers and Purchasing Agents
300
0.22% $54,010
93 Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives
300
0.22% $63,230
94 Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives
300
0.22% $53,410
95 Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
300
0.22% $39,520
96 Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
300
0.22% $34,910
97 Nurse Practitioners
290
0.21% $91,730
98 Highway Maintenance Workers
290
0.21% $31,390
99 Driver/Sales Workers
290
0.21% $19,760
100 Childcare Workers
280
0.20% $22,340

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