Job opportunities vary greatly by location. As the tables below clearly show, individual cities and towns offer employment opportunities which differ from those you'll find in other places. Some places feature jobs in technology, some in manufacturing, others in education, etc. Whether choosing a career path or seeking a new job, it pays to consider which careers are favored in the area in which you live or to which are willing to move.
Select the city you want or just browse down this page to see the analysis for each city:
NOTE: A Career Popularity level of 1.0 indicates the national average; a popularity rating of 3.5, for example, indicates that the career is 3.5 times as prevalent locally than it is nationally.
Chattanooga, Tennessee Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Chattanooga and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
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| Statistical assistants | $22,240 | 110 | 5.5 | | Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | $18,630 | 130 | 5.3 | | Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $24,840 | 500 | 5.3 | | Actuaries | $91,050 | 110 | 5.1 | | Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | $14,870 | 350 | 4.9 | | Structural metal fabricators and fitters | $35,980 | 600 | 4.8 | | Millwrights | $36,570 | 210 | 4.3 | | Psychiatric technicians | $21,540 | 260 | 4.2 | | Funeral attendants | $17,620 | 110 | 4 | | Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | $23,390 | 320 | 4 | | (Click for the full list of Chattanooga careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Clarksville, Tennessee Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Clarksville and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Sewing machine operators | $19,810 | 1,190 | 11.5 | | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $26,870 | 830 | 6.8 | | Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $30,170 | 290 | 4.8 | | Team assemblers | $25,890 | 2,620 | 4.6 | | Helpers--production workers | $24,270 | 1,120 | 4.5 | | Printing machine operators | $32,690 | 450 | 4.5 | | Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | $53,360 | 190 | 4.3 | | Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | $26,020 | 110 | 4.2 | | Assemblers and fabricators, all other | $23,500 | 380 | 4.1 | | Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | $56,450 | 270 | 4.1 | | (Click for the full list of Clarksville careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Cleveland, Tennessee Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Cleveland and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Tour guides and escorts | $15,870 | 180 | 49.6 | | Sewing machine operators | $20,150 | 490 | 12.1 | | Maintenance workers, machinery | $34,800 | 160 | 11.9 | | Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | $26,700 | 110 | 10.7 | | Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | $26,950 | 140 | 8.8 | | Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $27,230 | 100 | 8.6 | | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | $17,720 | 110 | 6.4 | | Helpers--production workers | $20,250 | 620 | 6.4 | | Team assemblers | $24,580 | 1,350 | 6.1 | | Industrial truck and tractor operators | $26,220 | 600 | 4.8 | | (Click for the full list of Cleveland careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Jackson, Tennessee Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Jackson and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Helpers--production workers | $22,870 | 1,320 | 8.2 | | Surgical technologists | $34,440 | 160 | 6.3 | | Industrial truck and tractor operators | $25,040 | 900 | 4.3 | | Industrial machinery mechanics | $28,780 | 270 | 3.9 | | Team assemblers | $22,620 | 1,380 | 3.7 | | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | $27,620 | 790 | 3.4 | | Social and community service managers | $30,170 | 130 | 3.3 | | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | $30,670 | 350 | 3.3 | | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | $32,310 | 1,620 | 3.2 | | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | $23,250 | 390 | 3.1 | | (Click for the full list of Jackson careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Johnson City, Tennessee Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Johnson City and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Radio and television announcers | $19,890 | 160 | 12.3 | | Meter readers, utilities | $29,470 | 120 | 9.5 | | Legislators | $13,380 | 120 | 7.7 | | Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | $41,400 | 380 | 5.8 | | Cooks, fast food | $12,830 | 1,240 | 4.6 | | Machinists | $24,960 | 630 | 4.1 | | Driver/sales workers | $17,720 | 700 | 4 | | Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | $42,380 | 120 | 3.8 | | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | $26,020 | 520 | 3.8 | | Tool and die makers | $38,950 | 130 | 3.4 | | (Click for the full list of Johnson City careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Kingsport, Tennessee Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Kingsport and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | $30,010 | 190 | 12.4 | | Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $35,440 | 410 | 9.8 | | Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | $23,970 | 340 | 8.7 | | Eligibility interviewers, government programs | $29,390 | 280 | 8 | | Funeral attendants | $17,590 | 100 | 7.7 | | Helpers--electricians | $23,400 | 310 | 5.2 | | Structural metal fabricators and fitters | $38,330 | 290 | 4.8 | | Vocational education teachers, secondary school | $42,370 | 200 | 4.3 | | Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | $22,340 | 190 | 3.8 | | Telecommunications line installers and repairers | $32,890 | 320 | 3.5 | | (Click for the full list of Kingsport careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Knoxville, Tennessee Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Knoxville and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | $34,620 | 820 | 11 | | Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | $49,810 | 360 | 6 | | Surgeons | $179,220 | 430 | 5.3 | | Psychiatric technicians | $22,190 | 440 | 4.8 | | Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $28,080 | 190 | 3.5 | | Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | $16,440 | 120 | 3.4 | | Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $30,530 | 220 | 3.2 | | Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | $36,960 | 490 | 3 | | Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | $25,080 | 230 | 2.9 | | Vocational education teachers, secondary school | $40,260 | 410 | 2.9 | | (Click for the full list of Knoxville careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Memphis, Tennessee Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Memphis and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators | $28,500 | 210 | 13.2 | | Agricultural inspectors | $25,200 | 260 | 12.6 | | Gaming cage workers | $22,230 | 430 | 8.6 | | Slot key persons | $22,690 | 360 | 7.9 | | Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers | $105,710 | 1,010 | 7.5 | | Gaming dealers | $13,300 | 2,310 | 7.4 | | Gaming supervisors | $39,560 | 490 | 5.4 | | Boilermakers | $41,300 | 210 | 5.3 | | Gaming change persons and booth cashiers | $21,950 | 420 | 5.1 | | Transportation workers, all other | $35,640 | 620 | 4.4 | | (Click for the full list of Memphis careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Morristown, Tennessee Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Morristown and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Upholsterers | $28,790 | 590 | 91.6 | | Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | $18,060 | 360 | 23.8 | | Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | $18,740 | 160 | 22.7 | | Meter readers, utilities | $27,890 | 120 | 15.8 | | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | $28,780 | 440 | 14.4 | | Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | $31,050 | 200 | 13.3 | | Electrical power-line installers and repairers | $44,820 | 210 | 13 | | Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | $27,850 | 260 | 12.7 | | Sewing machine operators | $20,390 | 620 | 11.8 | | Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $30,100 | 130 | 8.1 | | (Click for the full list of Morristown careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
* A Career Popularity level of 1.0 indicates the national average; a popularity rating of 3.5, for example, indicates that the career is 3.5 times as prevalent locally than it is nationally.
Analysis (above) provided by CityTownInfo.com, based on data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and the US Census.
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