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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Tennessee

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Tennessee was 4,633,711 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is down 0.3% from 2024. That is the 15th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, jobs4,633,711
Change on 2024-0.3%
Rank15th of 51US states ranked
Series high4,648,8542024
Series low1,784,9191970

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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Tennessee, 1969 to 2025

1M2M3M4M5M19691978198719962005201420251969: 1,788,719 jobs1970: 1,784,919 jobs1971: 1,816,596 jobs1972: 1,923,756 jobs1973: 2,024,714 jobs1974: 2,054,692 jobs1975: 1,983,267 jobs1976: 2,052,396 jobs1977: 2,135,018 jobs1978: 2,227,104 jobs1979: 2,278,894 jobs1980: 2,259,204 jobs1981: 2,255,061 jobs1982: 2,217,235 jobs1983: 2,239,467 jobs1984: 2,343,854 jobs1985: 2,398,866 jobs1986: 2,477,304 jobs1987: 2,577,879 jobs1988: 2,663,338 jobs1989: 2,734,816 jobs1990: 2,777,416 jobs1991: 2,777,569 jobs1992: 2,837,263 jobs1993: 2,942,948 jobs1994: 3,061,304 jobs1995: 3,144,656 jobs1996: 3,194,784 jobs1997: 3,269,258 jobs1998: 3,339,584 jobs1999: 3,397,301 jobs2000: 3,459,310 jobs2001: 3,421,028 jobs2002: 3,408,736 jobs2003: 3,433,444 jobs2004: 3,507,915 jobs2005: 3,572,054 jobs2006: 3,643,561 jobs2007: 3,702,458 jobs2008: 3,677,116 jobs2009: 3,523,871 jobs2010: 3,515,815 jobs2011: 3,589,026 jobs2012: 3,635,172 jobs2013: 3,690,039 jobs2014: 3,772,981 jobs2015: 3,860,679 jobs2016: 3,953,502 jobs2017: 4,035,107 jobs2018: 4,123,509 jobs2019: 4,173,187 jobs2020: 4,126,447 jobs2021: 4,306,903 jobs2022: 4,497,313 jobs2023: 4,581,710 jobs2024: 4,648,854 jobs2025: 4,633,711 jobs1M2M3M4M5M19691988200720251969: 1,788,719 jobs1970: 1,784,919 jobs1971: 1,816,596 jobs1972: 1,923,756 jobs1973: 2,024,714 jobs1974: 2,054,692 jobs1975: 1,983,267 jobs1976: 2,052,396 jobs1977: 2,135,018 jobs1978: 2,227,104 jobs1979: 2,278,894 jobs1980: 2,259,204 jobs1981: 2,255,061 jobs1982: 2,217,235 jobs1983: 2,239,467 jobs1984: 2,343,854 jobs1985: 2,398,866 jobs1986: 2,477,304 jobs1987: 2,577,879 jobs1988: 2,663,338 jobs1989: 2,734,816 jobs1990: 2,777,416 jobs1991: 2,777,569 jobs1992: 2,837,263 jobs1993: 2,942,948 jobs1994: 3,061,304 jobs1995: 3,144,656 jobs1996: 3,194,784 jobs1997: 3,269,258 jobs1998: 3,339,584 jobs1999: 3,397,301 jobs2000: 3,459,310 jobs2001: 3,421,028 jobs2002: 3,408,736 jobs2003: 3,433,444 jobs2004: 3,507,915 jobs2005: 3,572,054 jobs2006: 3,643,561 jobs2007: 3,702,458 jobs2008: 3,677,116 jobs2009: 3,523,871 jobs2010: 3,515,815 jobs2011: 3,589,026 jobs2012: 3,635,172 jobs2013: 3,690,039 jobs2014: 3,772,981 jobs2015: 3,860,679 jobs2016: 3,953,502 jobs2017: 4,035,107 jobs2018: 4,123,509 jobs2019: 4,173,187 jobs2020: 4,126,447 jobs2021: 4,306,903 jobs2022: 4,497,313 jobs2023: 4,581,710 jobs2024: 4,648,854 jobs2025: 4,633,711 jobs
jobs. Source: BEA, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 57 values
Periodjobs
20254,633,711
20244,648,854
20234,581,710
20224,497,313
20214,306,903
20204,126,447
20194,173,187
20184,123,509
20174,035,107
20163,953,502
20153,860,679
20143,772,981
20133,690,039
20123,635,172
20113,589,026
20103,515,815
20093,523,871
20083,677,116
20073,702,458
20063,643,561
20053,572,054
20043,507,915
20033,433,444
20023,408,736
20013,421,028
20003,459,310
19993,397,301
19983,339,584
19973,269,258
19963,194,784
19953,144,656
19943,061,304
19932,942,948
19922,837,263
19912,777,569
19902,777,416
19892,734,816
19882,663,338
19872,577,879
19862,477,304
19852,398,866
19842,343,854
19832,239,467
19822,217,235
19812,255,061
19802,259,204
19792,278,894
19782,227,104
19772,135,018
19762,052,396
19751,983,267
19742,054,692
19732,024,714
19721,923,756
19711,816,596
19701,784,919
19691,788,719

Compared with United States

Place2025
Tennessee4,633,711
United States218,324,700

Tennessee compared with nearby places

Alabama: 2,966,686 jobsAlaska: 472,008 jobsArizona: 4,455,141 jobsArkansas: 1,811,561 jobsCalifornia: 25,407,891 jobsColorado: 4,231,488 jobsConnecticut: 2,424,541 jobsDelaware: 678,218 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 896,204 jobsFlorida: 15,174,955 jobsGeorgia: 7,184,433 jobsHawaii: 925,451 jobsIdaho: 1,238,642 jobsIllinois: 8,197,037 jobsIndiana: 4,213,622 jobsIowa: 2,122,389 jobsKansas: 2,007,083 jobsKentucky: 2,718,290 jobsLouisiana: 2,831,737 jobsMaine: 898,379 jobsMaryland: 4,009,451 jobsMassachusetts: 5,020,627 jobsMichigan: 5,946,187 jobsMinnesota: 3,914,167 jobsMississippi: 1,713,294 jobsMissouri: 3,998,549 jobsMontana: 761,061 jobsNebraska: 1,410,465 jobsNevada: 2,163,825 jobsNew Hampshire: 942,254 jobsNew Jersey: 6,095,348 jobsNew Mexico: 1,183,906 jobsNew York: 13,498,360 jobsNorth Carolina: 6,864,520 jobsNorth Dakota: 605,276 jobsOhio: 7,394,537 jobsOklahoma: 2,466,719 jobsOregon: 2,671,758 jobsPennsylvania: 8,150,272 jobsRhode Island: 690,505 jobsSouth Carolina: 3,245,739 jobsSouth Dakota: 665,420 jobsTennessee: 4,633,711 jobsTexas: 20,639,097 jobsUtah: 2,458,247 jobsVermont: 439,349 jobsVirginia: 5,789,397 jobsWashington: 4,879,224 jobsWest Virginia: 910,570 jobsWisconsin: 3,855,203 jobsWyoming: 451,906 jobs
  • Under 900K
  • 900K to 1.8M
  • 1.8M to 2.7M
  • 2.7M to 4.2M
  • 4.2M to 6.6M
  • 6.6M and over
Total employment (jobs, BEA), 2025, jobs. Tennessee is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (Total employment (jobs, BEA), Tennessee, 1969 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip

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SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Tennessee, 1969 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/tennessee. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Total employment (jobs, BEA), Tennessee, 1969 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/tennessee.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Tennessee, 1969 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/tennessee (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states: Total employment (jobs, BEA), Tennessee, 1969 to 2025}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/tennessee. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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What is the total employment (jobs, BEA) in Tennessee?

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Tennessee was 4,633,711 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is down 0.3% from 2024. That is the 15th highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest total employment (jobs, BEA) in Tennessee?

4,648,854 jobs in 2024, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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