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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Knoxville, TN

What professions have the highest employment in Knoxville, TN? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Knoxville, TN. We note that the total employment in Knoxville, TN is 398,480. The most popular job is the retail salesperson profession, which employs 11,510 people (2.89 percent of the total employment in Knoxville, TN). The second most common job is the customer service representative profession which employs 8,990 people (2.26 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Knoxville, TN is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

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

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	398,480	100.00%	$40,270
2	Retail Salespersons	11,510	2.89%	$28,090
3	Customer Service Representatives	8,990	2.26%	$35,620
4	Cashiers	8,670	2.18%	$24,520
5	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	8,070	2.03%	$34,720
6	Registered Nurses	7,890	1.98%	$65,020
7	Stockers and Order Fillers	7,760	1.95%	$29,860
8	General and Operations Managers	7,430	1.86%	$104,870
9	Fast Food and Counter Workers	7,410	1.86%	$22,620
10	Waiters and Waitresses	7,320	1.84%	$20,420
11	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	7,230	1.81%	$27,580
12	Office Clerks, General	7,130	1.79%	$31,920
13	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	7,070	1.77%	$48,820
14	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	6,740	1.69%	$57,790
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	6,350	1.59%	$41,160
16	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	4,860	1.22%	$39,510
17	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	4,810	1.21%	$35,920
18	Fast Food Cooks	4,620	1.16%	$22,670
19	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	4,200	1.05%	$38,450
20	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	4,160	1.04%	$35,230
21	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	4,030	1.01%	$38,370
22	Restaurant Cooks	3,760	0.94%	$29,130
23	Construction Laborers	3,730	0.94%	$37,570
24	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	3,720	0.93%	$42,660
25	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,470	0.87%	$26,240
26	Nursing Assistants	3,250	0.82%	$29,450
27	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	3,000	0.75%	$26,220
28	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,880	0.72%	$49,200
29	Accountants and Auditors	2,860	0.72%	$64,990
30	Electricians	2,830	0.71%	$50,170
31	Security Guards	2,790	0.70%	$36,460
32	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	2,500	0.63%	$32,260
33	Food Preparation Workers	2,450	0.61%	$27,200
34	Medical Assistants	2,410	0.60%	$35,550
35	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2,400	0.60%	$47,070
36	Receptionists and Information Clerks	2,400	0.60%	$29,810
37	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	2,380	0.60%	$46,070
38	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2,340	0.59%	$65,190
39	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	2,330	0.58%	$50,800
40	Medical Secretaries	2,330	0.58%	$33,370
41	Software Developers	2,300	0.58%	$100,600
42	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	2,190	0.55%	$49,720
43	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	2,180	0.55%	$42,430
44	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	2,140	0.54%	$39,370
45	Human Resources Specialists	2,130	0.53%	$58,240
46	Project Management Specialists	2,050	0.51%	$76,010
47	Other Business Operations Specialists	2,040	0.51%	$62,940
48	All Other Managers	2,020	0.51%	$76,720
49	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,000	0.50%	$24,450
50	Financial Managers	1,960	0.49%	$124,910
51	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,950	0.49%	$49,600
52	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,940	0.49%	$61,620
53	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	1,870	0.47%	$37,440
54	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	1,840	0.46%	$54,170
55	Nurse Practitioners	1,830	0.46%	$99,380
56	Other Production Workers	1,800	0.45%	$35,170
57	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	1,710	0.43%	$50,160
58	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	1,680	0.42%	$47,450
59	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,680	0.42%	$35,710
60	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	1,650	0.41%	$74,580
61	Computer Occupations, All Other	1,600	0.40%	$60,560
62	Pharmacy Technicians	1,590	0.40%	$35,250
63	Carpenters	1,560	0.39%	$45,770
64	Childcare Workers	1,530	0.38%	$22,620
65	Medical and Health Services Managers	1,500	0.38%	$95,810
66	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	1,460	0.37%	$47,240
67	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	1,440	0.36%	$22,420
68	Computer User Support Specialists	1,420	0.36%	$45,650
69	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1,390	0.35%	$64,210
70	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,360	0.34%	$41,860
71	Tellers	1,330	0.33%	$35,250
72	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	1,320	0.33%	$51,000
73	Machinists	1,320	0.33%	$47,590
74	Management Analysts	1,310	0.33%	$80,580
75	Driver/Sales Workers	1,290	0.32%	$23,320
76	Billing and Posting Clerks	1,280	0.32%	$37,250
77	Lawyers	1,240	0.31%	$117,440
78	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	1,240	0.31%	$26,030
79	Packers and Packagers	1,210	0.30%	$30,840
80	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	1,190	0.30%	$28,410
81	Engineers, All Other	1,140	0.29%	$96,200
82	Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	1,130	0.28%	$29,790
83	Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,120	0.28%	$125,240
84	Bartenders	1,090	0.27%	$23,170
85	Statistical Assistants	1,080	0.27%	$48,360
86	Sales Managers	1,070	0.27%	$129,700
87	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	1,060	0.27%	$63,330
88	Compliance Officers	1,060	0.27%	$65,000
89	Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	1,050	0.26%	$16,480
90	Food Service Managers	1,040	0.26%	$49,700
91	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	1,040	0.26%	$45,730
92	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,040	0.26%	$62,680
93	Construction Managers	1,030	0.26%	$79,930
94	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	1,030	0.26%	$60,170
95	Pharmacists	1,020	0.26%	$128,020
96	Insurance Sales Agents	1,020	0.26%	$93,600
97	Computer Systems Analysts	1,000	0.25%	$86,460
98	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	990	0.25%	$37,720
99	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	980	0.25%	$58,480
100	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	970	0.24%	$36,710

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