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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Jackson, TN

What professions have the highest employment in Jackson, TN? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Jackson, TN. We note that the total employment in Jackson, TN is 68,240. The most popular job is the registered nurses profession, which employs 2,400 people (3.52 percent of the total employment in Jackson, TN). The second most common job is the retail salesperson profession which employs 1,830 people (2.68 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Jackson, TN is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Jackson, TN (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	68,240	100.00%	$39,000
2	Registered Nurses	2,400	3.52%	$64,320
3	Retail Salespersons	1,830	2.68%	$26,790
4	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	1,550	2.27%	$33,880
5	Cashiers	1,510	2.21%	$23,350
6	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,450	2.12%	$49,050
7	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,430	2.10%	$23,570
8	Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,350	1.98%	$22,070
9	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	1,250	1.83%	$40,320
10	Stockers and Order Fillers	1,190	1.74%	$29,120
11	Customer Service Representatives	1,180	1.73%	$32,380
12	Office Clerks, General	1,080	1.58%	$32,670
13	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	990	1.45%	$53,390
14	General and Operations Managers	930	1.36%	$99,210
15	Waiters and Waitresses	910	1.33%	$19,680
16	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	810	1.19%	$39,520
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	770	1.13%	$35,710
18	Nursing Assistants	760	1.11%	$30,100
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	760	1.11%	$41,120
20	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	750	1.10%	$35,910
21	Fast Food Cooks	740	1.08%	$22,400
22	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	730	1.07%	$27,230
23	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	730	1.07%	$40,130
24	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	680	1.00%	$60,570
25	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	660	0.97%	$41,330
26	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	630	0.92%	$38,940
27	Construction Laborers	610	0.89%	$36,970
28	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	580	0.85%	$30,550
29	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	570	0.84%	$49,510
30	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	560	0.82%	$35,010
31	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	540	0.79%	$36,900
32	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	540	0.79%	$36,890
33	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	520	0.76%	$28,200
34	Machinists	520	0.76%	$41,130
35	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	510	0.75%	$26,390
36	Food Preparation Workers	500	0.73%	$23,360
37	Medical Assistants	480	0.70%	$34,160
38	Other Production Workers	480	0.70%	$32,750
39	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	460	0.67%	$52,020
40	Restaurant Cooks	440	0.64%	$29,320
41	Medical Secretaries	430	0.63%	$34,380
42	Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	430	0.63%	$36,710
43	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	420	0.62%	$41,680
44	Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	400	0.59%	$26,260
45	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	380	0.56%	$36,530
46	Security Guards	360	0.53%	$27,160
47	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	330	0.48%	$49,950
48	Accountants and Auditors	320	0.47%	$61,410
49	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	320	0.47%	$59,850
50	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	320	0.47%	$50,030
51	Human Resources Specialists	310	0.45%	$49,080
52	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	310	0.45%	$46,990
53	Tool and Die Makers	310	0.45%	$50,020
54	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	300	0.44%	$56,800
55	Medical and Health Services Managers	290	0.42%	$80,630
56	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	290	0.42%	$30,290
57	Receptionists and Information Clerks	290	0.42%	$28,970
58	Electricians	290	0.42%	$51,170
59	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	280	0.41%	$51,880
60	Financial Managers	270	0.40%	$115,160
61	All Other Managers	260	0.38%	$67,890
62	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	260	0.38%	$52,470
63	Billing and Posting Clerks	260	0.38%	$36,250
64	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	240	0.35%	$64,670
65	Tellers	240	0.35%	$32,070
66	Maintenance Workers, Machinery	240	0.35%	$60,140
67	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	240	0.35%	$38,600
68	Other Business Operations Specialists	230	0.34%	$50,450
69	Nurse Practitioners	230	0.34%	$100,870
70	Medical Records Specialists	230	0.34%	$40,540
71	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	230	0.34%	$34,230
72	Driver/Sales Workers	220	0.32%	$34,920
73	Packers and Packagers	220	0.32%	$28,480
74	Pharmacy Technicians	210	0.31%	$35,320
75	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	210	0.31%	$48,380
76	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	210	0.31%	$22,880
77	Industrial Engineers	200	0.29%	$81,780
78	Pharmacists	200	0.29%	$137,050
79	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	200	0.29%	$22,510
80	Childcare Workers	200	0.29%	$21,440
81	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	200	0.29%	$46,940
82	Residential Advisors	190	0.28%	$24,060
83	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	190	0.28%	$50,270
84	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	190	0.28%	$64,430
85	Food Service Managers	180	0.26%	$47,290
86	Project Management Specialists	180	0.26%	$59,630
87	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	180	0.26%	$47,780
88	Social and Human Service Assistants	180	0.26%	$32,320
89	Paramedics	180	0.26%	$40,830
90	Dental Assistants	180	0.26%	$37,640
91	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	180	0.26%	$48,270
92	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	170	0.25%	$57,230
93	Personal Financial Advisors	170	0.25%	$31,060
94	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	170	0.25%	$65,980
95	Firefighters	170	0.25%	$37,090
96	Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	170	0.25%	$36,080
97	School Bus Drivers	170	0.25%	$22,730
98	Computer Occupations, All Other	160	0.23%	$49,830
99	Carpenters	160	0.23%	$46,970
100	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	160	0.23%	$30,680

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