Best jobs in Tennessee
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Tennessee, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Tennessee (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Tennessee pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$610,080 vs $496,010 · +23.0%
$117,590 vs $132,300 · -11.1%
$27,470 vs $31,200 · -12.0%
$433,630 vs $328,730 · +31.9%
$100,330 vs $120,230 · -16.6%
$339,610 vs $289,140 · +17.5%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 730 scored occupations — show all 730show top 25
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
136
$45,810
-1.6%
27
139
$60,230
+3.1%
27
166
$61,160
+3.7%
25
191
$61,630
+0.3%
23
208
$94,450
+1.9%
22
272
$44,040
+6.3%
18
350
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$42,230
+4.6%
16
446
$53,700
+2.3%
14
511
$41,970
+2.0%
12
547
$47,550
+1.2%
11
590
$44,780
-12.1%
10
596
$60,340
-13.7%
9
607
$50,470
-4.3%
9
634
$38,820
-3.8%
8
654
$44,710
-12.0%
8
661
$46,720
-9.0%
7
667
$46,200
-1.1%
7
677
$45,070
-19.6%
7
685
$40,730
-13.6%
7
Live jobs in Tennessee
National Nuclear Security AdministrationVerified from company ATS
Supervisory General Engineer Physical Scientist
$125,776–$201,205/yr View job →
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.