# Counties in Tennessee by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 95 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/tennessee-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Davidson County | 50,453.7 |
| 2 | Shelby County | 37,844.2 |
| 3 | Knox County | 18,816.7 |
| 4 | Hamilton County | 16,262.8 |
| 5 | Williamson County | 14,866.7 |
| 6 | Rutherford County | 10,439 |
| 7 | Sullivan County | 4,785 |
| 8 | Sumner County | 4,183.4 |
| 9 | Wilson County | 4,164.8 |
| 10 | Anderson County | 3,963.1 |
| 11 | Washington County | 3,923.3 |
| 12 | Blount County | 3,842.1 |
| 13 | Madison County | 3,830.6 |
| 14 | Montgomery County | 3,764.6 |
| 15 | Maury County | 2,916.9 |
| 16 | Sevier County | 2,670.4 |
| 17 | Bradley County | 2,447.2 |
| 18 | Putnam County | 2,166.8 |
| 19 | Hamblen County | 1,847.6 |
| 20 | Roane County | 1,764.2 |
| 21 | Coffee County | 1,749.4 |
| 22 | Greene County | 1,439.5 |
| 23 | Robertson County | 1,423.5 |
| 24 | Dickson County | 1,089.7 |
| 25 | Loudon County | 1,083.3 |
| 26 | Bedford County | 1,072.4 |
| 27 | Dyer County | 991.1 |
| 28 | Cumberland County | 989.9 |
| 29 | McMinn County | 981.9 |
| 30 | Jefferson County | 862.1 |
| 31 | Monroe County | 837 |
| 32 | Gibson County | 819.1 |
| 33 | Hawkins County | 765.8 |
| 34 | Rhea County | 764.2 |
| 35 | Warren County | 741.1 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 702 |
| 37 | Tipton County | 682.2 |
| 38 | Haywood County | 657.2 |
| 39 | Obion County | 650.6 |
| 40 | Cheatham County | 650.3 |
| 41 | Carter County | 648.6 |
| 42 | Henry County | 614.2 |
| 43 | Lawrence County | 604.9 |
| 44 | Lincoln County | 576.1 |
| 45 | Marshall County | 571.3 |
| 46 | Giles County | 558.7 |
| 47 | Weakley County | 541.6 |
| 48 | Fayette County | 527 |
| 49 | Campbell County | 480.4 |
| 50 | Marion County | 478.2 |
| 51 | Hardin County | 474.5 |
| 52 | Claiborne County | 452.4 |
| 53 | Henderson County | 437.8 |
| 54 | Carroll County | 422.1 |
| 55 | Cocke County | 417.6 |
| 56 | Humphreys County | 407.9 |
| 57 | Hardeman County | 366 |
| 58 | White County | 359.4 |
| 59 | Lauderdale County | 336.2 |
| 60 | DeKalb County | 320 |
| 61 | Unicoi County | 316.2 |
| 62 | Macon County | 306.1 |
| 63 | Smith County | 303.1 |
| 64 | Overton County | 290.3 |
| 65 | McNairy County | 287.7 |
| 66 | Scott County | 277.9 |
| 67 | Fentress County | 276.1 |
| 68 | Grainger County | 261.7 |
| 69 | Crockett County | 254.1 |
| 70 | Johnson County | 248.9 |
| 71 | Hickman County | 228 |
| 72 | Stewart County | 227.9 |
| 73 | Benton County | 225.2 |
| 74 | Wayne County | 218.3 |
| 75 | Chester County | 206.6 |
| 76 | Decatur County | 191.1 |
| 77 | Lewis County | 183.4 |
| 78 | Sequatchie County | 180.2 |
| 79 | Morgan County | 172.4 |
| 80 | Union County | 168 |
| 81 | Moore County | 149 |
| 82 | Cannon County | 135.4 |
| 83 | Polk County | 134.9 |
| 84 | Meigs County | 124.8 |
| 85 | Trousdale County | 122 |
| 86 | Bledsoe County | 115.2 |
| 87 | Grundy County | 99.9 |
| 88 | Perry County | 88.1 |
| 89 | Jackson County | 84.9 |
| 90 | Clay County | 72.4 |
| 91 | Houston County | 71.8 |
| 92 | Lake County | 66.9 |
| 93 | Van Buren County | 48.3 |
| 94 | Pickett County | 44.1 |
| 95 | Hancock County | 43.4 |