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Careers with Most Openings

These are the occupations that were expected to have the most annual job openings for the 10-year period of 2016 to 2026 (for states) or 2019 to 2029 (for the United States overall). Please note that these projections do not account for the impacts of the current pandemic. Many occupations are likely to have very different numbers of job openings due to the rapidly changing economy. When revised data are available, they will be published here.

We found 681 occupations with openings in Tennessee.

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Rank	Occupation	2016 Employment	Projected Annual Job Openings	Earnings	Typical Education
Rank	Occupation	2016 Employment	Projected Annual Job Openings	Earnings	Typical Education	1	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	74,890	16,070	No formal educational credential
2	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	97,520	14,440		No formal educational credential
3	Retail salespersons	95,350	14,310		No formal educational credential
4	Cashiers	72,750	13,710		No formal educational credential
5	Waiters and waitresses	51,330	10,410		No formal educational credential
6	Customer service representatives	59,760	9,180		High school diploma or equivalent
7	Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers	63,990	7,510		Postsecondary non-degree award
8	Stock clerks and order fillers	53,870	7,490		High school diploma or equivalent
9	Office clerks, general	56,260	6,890		High school diploma or equivalent
10	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	42,030	6,500		No formal educational credential
11	Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive	60,630	6,310		High school diploma or equivalent
12	General and operations managers	45,590	4,740		Bachelor's degree
13	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	32,470	4,710		No formal educational credential
14	Nursing assistants	31,360	4,490		Postsecondary non-degree award
15	Helpers--production workers	21,030	4,420		High school diploma or equivalent
16	First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	38,930	4,340		High school diploma or equivalent
17	Registered nurses	58,250	4,320		Bachelor's degree
18	Personal care aides	20,200	4,140		High school diploma or equivalent
19	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	33,790	4,030		Some college, no degree
20	First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	35,420	3,960		High school diploma or equivalent
21	Security guards	23,780	3,740		High school diploma or equivalent
22	Maintenance and repair workers, general	31,310	3,600		High school diploma or equivalent
23	Childcare workers	22,670	3,530		High school diploma or equivalent
24	Cooks, restaurant	21,920	3,520		No formal educational credential
25	Food preparation workers	17,030	3,110		No formal educational credential
26	Packers and packagers, hand	18,600	3,030		No formal educational credential
27	Construction laborers	23,940	2,970		No formal educational credential
28	First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	17,810	2,810		High school diploma or equivalent
29	Receptionists and information clerks	18,260	2,800		High school diploma or equivalent
30	Teacher assistants	22,490	2,570		Some college, no degree
31	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	17,460	2,560		No formal educational credential
32	Sales representatives, services, all other	16,870	2,540		High school diploma or equivalent
33	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	21,970	2,540		High school diploma or equivalent
34	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	10,990	2,450		No formal educational credential
35	Elementary school teachers, except special education	29,390	2,420		Bachelor's degree
36	Light truck or delivery services drivers	20,690	2,310		High school diploma or equivalent
37	Industrial truck and tractor operators	17,780	2,290		No formal educational credential
38	Accountants and auditors	18,590	2,280		Bachelor's degree
39	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	9,390	2,260		No formal educational credential
40	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	23,900	2,250		Postsecondary non-degree award
41	Medical assistants	14,460	2,190		Postsecondary non-degree award
42	Residential advisors	8,370	1,930		High school diploma or equivalent
43	Cooks, fast food	14,540	1,900		No formal educational credential
44	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	17,550	1,850		High school diploma or equivalent
45	Food service managers	14,870	1,820		High school diploma or equivalent
46	First-line supervisors of production and operating workers	16,700	1,810		High school diploma or equivalent
47	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	10,800	1,690		Postsecondary non-degree award
48	Managers, all other	18,660	1,620		Bachelor's degree
49	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	15,440	1,590		Postsecondary non-degree award
50	Financial managers	14,490	1,590		Bachelor's degree

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Typical Education

High school diploma or equivalent (274)
Bachelor's degree (150)
Master's degree or higher (86)
Some high school (85)
Some college (44)
Associate's degree (42)

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About this data

Data for this report come from the U.S. Department of Labor.

State-level employment and projected annual openings data come from Projections Central and each state's Labor Market Information office, and reflect the years 2016 and 2026.

National employment and projected annual openings data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, Occupational Employment Projections, 2019-29.

Earnings data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) May 2019 survey.

Typical education data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, Education and training assignments by detailed occupation, 2019.

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