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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)

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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