Tennessee · SOC 51-0000 · Annual, 2025
Production occupations in Tennessee
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 51-0000 in Tennessee, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 260,000 people in Tennessee worked in production occupations (SOC 51-0000), with an average annual wage of $56,260.
Employment in production occupations in Tennessee declined 10.0% from 2004 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.4× as concentrated in Tennessee as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.44). Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Tennessee are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 260,000Employment, 2025
- $56,260Mean annual wage
- 8.0%Share of Tennessee jobs
- 1.44Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 289,000; 2005 288,700; 2006 283,900; 2007 271,700; 2008 258,000; 2009 222,200; 2010 216,800; 2011 222,800; 2012 231,100; 2013 235,700; 2014 241,500; 2015 246,800; 2016 253,700; 2017 256,900; 2018 263,400; 2019 267,300; 2020 252,200; 2021 259,000; 2022 269,700; 2023 268,800; 2024 266,300; 2025 260,000.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 260,045 | $56,261 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 266,346 | $53,734 | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 268,804 | $51,800 | 0.3% |
| 2022 | 269,652 | $50,060 | 4.1% |
| 2021 | 258,987 | $47,358 | 2.7% |
| 2020 | 252,164 | $45,195 | 5.7% |
| 2019 | 267,312 | $42,299 | 1.5% |
| 2018 | 263,405 | $41,179 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 256,897 | $40,329 | 1.3% |
| 2016 | 253,700 | $38,915 | 2.8% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Production occupations in Tennessee, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for production occupations in Tennessee. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
County figures, file export and the API are on paid plans.