Jackson Employment

Employment and Industries in the Jackson, Tennessee Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Jackson than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Jackson.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Jackson.
A list of any large public companies in Jackson.

Most Popular Jobs in Jackson, Tennessee Metro Area (2007 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Registered nurses	1,720	52,580	$39,060 - 66,660	24%	56%
2	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	330	47,860	$34,240 - 59,640	11%	95%
3	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	330	45,980	$19,100 - 77,990	8%	51%
4	Accountants and auditors	280	48,470	$28,070 - 74,650	18%	79%
5	Child, family, and school social workers	260	26,190	$13,990 - 39,080	19%	77%
6	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	220	30,340	$21,090 - 43,000	15%	51%
7	Chief executives	200	124,380	$54,880 -	2%	65%
8	Medical and health services managers	200	75,840	$38,610 - 119,480	16%	57%
9	Pharmacists	190	102,640	$78,970 - 128,360	22%	97%
10	Financial managers	170	66,480	$40,570 - 101,390	13%	60%
11	Lawyers	160	109,350	$47,430 -	11%	99%
12	Mental health and substance abuse social workers	120	30,210	$19,370 - 40,250	30%	77%
13	Physical therapists	120	70,140	$53,970 - 94,760	27%	89%
14	Sales managers	110	70,040	$30,700 -	10%	69%
15	Medical and public health social workers	100	37,160	$22,980 - 55,810	24%	77%
16	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	90		$[?] -	12%	51%
17	Social and community service managers	80	37,260	$21,850 - 60,370	25%	72%
18	Social and human service assistants	80	19,630	$12,270 - 32,630	34%	58%
19	Education administrators, postsecondary	80	80,730	$37,080 -	14%	78%
20	Advertising sales agents	80	35,590	$27,430 - 41,660	20%	56%
21	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	70	44,540	$24,830 - 70,400	5%	58%
22	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	70	36,400	$22,940 - 50,990	13%	73%
23	Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	60	51,090	$32,890 - 70,100	12%	51%
24	Dentists, general	60	158,110	$88,670 -	9%	100%
25	Industrial engineers	60	63,760	$39,600 - 86,010	20%	74%
26	Computer systems analysts	50	52,970	$33,660 - 74,540	29%	68%
27	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	50	62,470	$51,030 - 74,840	8%	78%
28	Civil engineers	50	63,790	$41,740 - 101,430	18%	87%
29	Sales and related workers, all other	50	40,130	$18,010 - 94,460	14%	62%
30	Mechanical engineers	50	57,910	$38,740 - 86,750	4%	78%
31	Detectives and criminal investigators	50	52,000	$33,480 - 89,940	17%	54%
32	Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other	40	26,610	$16,880 - 37,690	15%	72%
33	Engineering managers	40	89,030	$65,470 - 129,950	7%	84%
34	Dietitians and nutritionists	40	40,270	$13,830 - 73,140	9%	72%
35	Purchasing managers	40	64,950	$28,310 - 107,540	3%	57%
36	Network and computer systems administrators	40	58,610	$41,960 - 86,780	27%	50%
37	Public relations specialists	40	38,950	$24,290 - 62,150	18%	81%
38	Physician assistants	40		$[?] -	27%	67%
39	Librarians	40	45,950	$35,010 - 61,790	4%	85%
40	Legislators	40	16,880	$11,590 - 15,860	1%	65%
41	Computer and information systems managers	40	66,960	$41,080 - 101,420	16%	73%
42	Training and development specialists	30	40,240	$28,330 - 57,430	18%	56%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Cashiers	2,000	15,810	$11,800 - 21,740	-2%	10%
2	Retail salespersons	1,990	24,970	$13,910 - 40,030	12%	25%
3	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	1,410	35,740	$23,550 - 49,290	10%	4%
4	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,220	14,270	$11,730 - 18,120	18%	5%
5	Office clerks, general	1,100	23,870	$16,360 - 32,780	13%	19%
6	Waiters and waitresses	970	14,270	$11,610 - 18,200	11%	14%
7	Production workers, all other	960	18,010	$15,950 - 19,550	2%	5%
8	Maintenance and repair workers, general	850	32,150	$18,640 - 40,850	10%	6%
9	General and operations managers	840	70,760	$32,610 - 130,360	2%	48%
10	Home health aides	830	18,410	$16,350 - 20,920	49%	7%
11	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	810	30,090	$22,240 - 39,380	14%	7%
12	Helpers--production workers	800	23,200	$16,020 - 29,790	0%	4%
13	Team assemblers	770	23,460	$16,180 - 30,610	0%	5%
14	Stock clerks and order fillers	760	20,680	$13,200 - 30,680	-7%	8%
15	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	700	21,090	$15,200 - 28,880	2%	5%
16	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	680	24,330	$16,640 - 33,730	1%	18%
17	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	660	18,500	$12,950 - 25,190	15%	4%
18	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	650	20,330	$15,600 - 25,510	18%	7%
19	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	640	40,340	$21,690 - 57,360	4%	25%
20	Industrial truck and tractor operators	620	25,290	$20,120 - 31,930	-1%	2%
21	Packers and packagers, hand	610	19,110	$12,350 - 27,980	-11%	3%
22	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	590	30,910	$21,430 - 40,950	15%	18%
23	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	560	36,460	$22,710 - 55,520	6%	29%
24	Security guards	520	19,020	$11,960 - 30,400	17%	13%
25	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	500	28,220	$18,380 - 38,300	13%	16%
26	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	490	45,040	$27,940 - 62,210	-4%	15%
27	Customer service representatives	480	26,990	$18,590 - 39,960	25%	22%
28	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	450	17,090	$13,200 - 21,290	13%	5%
29	Electricians	450	37,730	$25,260 - 49,190	7%	7%
30	Construction laborers	450	25,240	$17,800 - 37,230	11%	5%
31	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	410	25,690	$14,410 - 44,260	8%	4%
32	Receptionists and information clerks	320	21,350	$15,020 - 28,510	17%	13%
33	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	320	30,970	$19,220 - 44,570	11%	4%
34	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	300	25,050	$17,230 - 34,420	4%	15%
35	Medical assistants	300	22,320	$16,850 - 29,120	35%	10%
36	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	300	32,550	$22,320 - 48,200	-6%	14%
37	Food preparation workers	290	18,760	$13,730 - 25,260	15%	7%
38	Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	290	27,150	$23,870 - 33,720	-6%	0%
39	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	280	25,720	$16,320 - 35,910	4%	6%
40	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	270	36,880	$25,500 - 47,230	11%	33%
41	Cooks, restaurant	270	19,510	$13,900 - 25,720	12%	5%
42	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	270	33,360	$19,460 - 50,060	14%	4%
43	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	270	41,870	$28,820 - 59,080	9%	10%
44	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	270	26,830	$15,670 - 39,610	11%	14%
45	Industrial machinery mechanics	270	32,210	$14,060 - 46,100	9%	5%
46	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	250	49,360	$26,630 - 76,200	7%	13%
47	Counter and rental clerks	220	17,930	$12,110 - 24,520	23%	16%
48	Cooks, fast food	220	14,570	$11,780 - 18,510	8%	5%
49	Machinists	220	35,770	$26,200 - 46,150	-2%	3%
50	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	210	18,280	$13,180 - 23,500	11%	5%
51	Tellers	200	20,680	$16,730 - 26,590	14%	16%
52	Medical records and health information technicians	200	23,650	$18,260 - 29,580	18%	12%
53	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	200	21,280	$14,660 - 31,090	18%	6%
54	Radiologic technologists and technicians	190	41,090	$25,800 - 57,800	15%	25%
55	Dishwashers	190	14,950	$11,980 - 18,770	10%	3%
56	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	190	25,860	$17,390 - 36,750	-14%	0%
57	Healthcare support workers, all other	180	22,840	$15,520 - 29,570	16%	10%
58	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	180	31,840	$22,460 - 40,590	5%	2%
59	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	180	22,960	$12,580 - 37,480	12%	6%
60	Cost estimators	180	42,430	$25,070 - 61,770	19%	32%
61	Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	180	30,810	$20,480 - 44,860	19%	14%
62	Child care workers	180	14,430	$11,760 - 18,260	18%	15%
63	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	170	20,490	$16,070 - 26,900	-12%	4%
64	Material moving workers, all other	160	24,310	$19,230 - 28,670	1%	6%
65	Business operations specialists, all other	160	56,240	$35,180 - 78,010	21%	49%
66	Assemblers and fabricators, all other	150	26,120	$19,870 - 33,550	-8%	5%
67	Highway maintenance workers	150	24,170	$17,830 - 30,130	9%	5%
68	Insurance sales agents	150	38,740	$15,650 - 81,130	13%	45%
69	Pharmacy technicians	140	25,420	$20,210 - 31,800	32%	16%
70	Parts salespersons	130	33,020	$19,210 - 52,640	-1%	6%
71	Loan officers	130	41,900	$26,570 - 74,020	12%	49%
72	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	130	15,840	$12,210 - 19,140	10%	17%
73	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	130	35,300	$23,560 - 48,050	12%	3%
74	Paralegals and legal assistants	130	34,780	$24,560 - 47,260	22%	45%
75	Administrative services managers	130	52,860	$28,200 - 74,490	12%	40%
76	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	120	39,440	$22,720 - 63,560	4%	30%
77	Data entry keyers	120	24,060	$16,190 - 32,530	-4%	18%
78	Postal service mail carriers	120	44,910	$34,080 - 57,940	1%	11%
79	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	120	57,690	$39,900 - 82,960	4%	38%
80	Computer support specialists	110	30,980	$21,140 - 45,560	13%	43%
81	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	110	36,350	$25,390 - 54,350	13%	17%
82	Driver/sales workers	110	29,030	$13,500 - 47,120	-4%	4%
83	Surgical technologists	110	32,750	$23,110 - 44,630	25%	16%
84	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	110	28,600	$18,640 - 37,820	3%	18%
85	Dental assistants	110	27,950	$20,580 - 37,240	29%	9%
86	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	110	23,190	$16,070 - 29,360	-4%	5%
87	Construction managers	110	57,920	$24,290 - 101,350	16%	29%
88	Carpenters	110	29,030	$21,220 - 37,020	10%	6%
89	Food service managers	110	49,040	$26,970 - 76,060	5%	24%
90	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	110	19,490	$13,620 - 24,770	10%	5%
91	Respiratory therapists	100	40,650	$31,250 - 55,760	23%	28%
92	Sheet metal workers	100	30,900	$21,850 - 42,460	7%	4%
93	Medical secretaries	100	25,790	$18,180 - 34,350	17%	18%
94	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	100	15,570	$12,080 - 19,090	12%	6%
95	Machine feeders and offbearers	100	25,050	$17,480 - 30,400	-14%	0%
96	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	100	16,870	$12,750 - 21,560	17%	14%
97	Bill and account collectors	100	28,850	$20,990 - 38,870	23%	13%
98	Automotive body and related repairers	90	27,320	$13,240 - 38,350	12%	3%
99	Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers	90	28,330	$17,980 - 37,020	3%	25%
100	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	90	41,280	$30,200 - 56,450	0%	42%

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Jobs More Common Near Jackson Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Material moving workers, all other	24,310	160	14
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	27,150	290	11.7
Production workers, all other	18,010	960	11.3
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	20,490	170	5.6
Highway maintenance workers	24,170	150	4.9
Helpers--production workers	23,200	800	4.9
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	30,340	220	4.3
Surgical technologists	32,750	110	3.7
Medical records and health information technicians	23,650	200	3.4
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	30,090	810	3.4
Industrial machinery mechanics	32,210	270	3.2
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	30,810	180	3.2
Mental health and substance abuse social workers	30,210	120	3.1
Respiratory therapists	40,650	100	3
Home health aides	18,410	830	3
Healthcare support workers, all other	22,840	180	2.9
Machine feeders and offbearers	25,050	100	2.9
Industrial truck and tractor operators	25,290	620	2.9
Child, family, and school social workers	26,190	260	2.9
Radiologic technologists and technicians	41,090	190	2.7
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	35,740	1,410	2.5
Medical and public health social workers	37,160	100	2.3
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	25,860	190	2.3
Medical and health services managers	75,840	200	2.3
Packers and packagers, hand	19,110	610	2.2
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	45,040	490	2.2
Cost estimators	42,430	180	2.2
Team assemblers	23,460	770	2.1
Pharmacists	102,640	190	2.1
Physical therapists	70,140	120	2
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	30,970	320	2
Electricians	37,730	450	2
Registered nurses	52,580	1,720	1.9
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	32,550	300	1.9
Maintenance and repair workers, general	32,150	850	1.9
Chief executives	124,380	200	1.9
Medical assistants	22,320	300	1.8
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	18,280	210	1.8
Sheet metal workers	30,900	100	1.8
Parts salespersons	33,020	130	1.7
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	36,350	110	1.6
Assemblers and fabricators, all other	26,120	150	1.6
Machinists	35,770	220	1.6
Cashiers	15,810	2,000	1.6
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	49,360	250	1.6
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	25,050	300	1.6
Food service managers	49,040	110	1.6
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	40,340	640	1.6
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	28,600	110	1.6
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	35,300	130	1.5

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Jackson, Tennessee Metro Area (2007 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Driver/sales workers	29,030	1.16	110
Lawyers	109,350	1.1	160
Parts salespersons	33,020	1.1	130
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	40,340	1.06	640
Retail salespersons	24,970	1.04	1,990
Food service managers	49,040	1.03	110
Pharmacists	102,640	1.03	190
Postal service mail carriers	44,910	1.02	120
Helpers--production workers	23,200	1.02	800
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	30,810	1.01	180
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	19,490	1.01	110
Food preparation workers	18,760	1.01	290
Business operations specialists, all other	56,240	1	160
Physical therapists	70,140	0.99	120
Machinists	35,770	0.99	220
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	32,550	0.99	300
Assemblers and fabricators, all other	26,120	0.99	150
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	39,440	0.99	120
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	35,740	0.98	1,410
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	47,860	0.98	330
Office clerks, general	23,870	0.97	1,100
Maintenance and repair workers, general	32,150	0.97	850
Packers and packagers, hand	19,110	0.97	610
Data entry keyers	24,060	0.95	120
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	33,360	0.95	270
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	22,960	0.95	180
Pharmacy technicians	25,420	0.93	140
Customer service representatives	26,990	0.93	480
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	31,840	0.93	180
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	25,720	0.93	280
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	15,840	0.93	130
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	25,690	0.93	410
Medical and health services managers	75,840	0.93	200
Cooks, restaurant	19,510	0.92	270
Stock clerks and order fillers	20,680	0.92	760
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	35,300	0.92	130
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	17,090	0.92	450
Receptionists and information clerks	21,350	0.92	320
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	25,860	0.91	190
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	21,280	0.91	200
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	28,220	0.91	500
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	26,830	0.91	270
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	23,190	0.9	110
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	21,090	0.9	700
Dishwashers	14,950	0.9	190
Home health aides	18,410	0.9	830
Tellers	20,680	0.9	200
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	49,360	0.89	250
Team assemblers	23,460	0.89	770
Dental assistants	27,950	0.89	110

Highest Paying Jobs in Jackson, Tennessee Metro Area (2007 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Internists, general	183,160
Dentists, general	158,110	60
Chief executives	124,380	200
Lawyers	109,350	160
Pharmacists	102,640	190
Engineering managers	89,030	40
Education administrators, postsecondary	80,730	80
Medical and health services managers	75,840	200
General and operations managers	70,760	840
Business teachers, postsecondary	70,230
Physical therapists	70,140	120
Sales managers	70,040	110
Industrial production managers	69,360	80
Computer and information systems managers	66,960	40
Financial managers	66,480	170
Purchasing managers	64,950	40
Civil engineers	63,790	50
Industrial engineers	63,760	60
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	62,470	50
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	61,430	30
Network and computer systems administrators	58,610	40
Construction managers	57,920	110
Mechanical engineers	57,910	50
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	57,690	120
Dental hygienists	57,000	60
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	56,740
Business operations specialists, all other	56,240	160
Computer programmers	55,900
Managers, all other	54,470
Computer systems analysts	52,970	50
Administrative services managers	52,860	130
Registered nurses	52,580	1,720
Detectives and criminal investigators	52,000	50
Diagnostic medical sonographers	51,500	30
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	51,090	60
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians	49,940	50
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	49,360	250
Food service managers	49,040	110
Accountants and auditors	48,470	280
Medical equipment repairers	48,280
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	47,860	330
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	45,980	330
Librarians	45,950	40
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	45,780	30
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	45,040	490
Postal service mail carriers	44,910	120
Millwrights	44,790	80
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	44,540	70
Sales representatives, services, all other	43,820	80
Cost estimators	42,430	180

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