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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)

Rank	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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