Tennessee · SOC 19-0000 · Annual, 2025
Life, physical, and social science occupations in Tennessee
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 19-0000 in Tennessee, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 21,800 people in Tennessee worked in life, physical, and social science occupations (SOC 19-0000), with an average annual wage of $98,680.
Employment in life, physical, and social science occupations in Tennessee grew 11.5% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is less concentrated in Tennessee than in the nation as a whole (location quotient 0.71). The average wage in this occupation group is 40.5% above the all-occupations average in Tennessee. 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.
- 21,800Employment, 2025
- $98,680Mean annual wage
- 0.7%Share of Tennessee jobs
- 0.71Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 14,100; 2005 14,100; 2006 14,300; 2007 14,100; 2008 14,300; 2009 14,100; 2010 14,400; 2011 14,300; 2012 14,300; 2013 14,400; 2014 14,500; 2015 14,900; 2016 15,200; 2017 15,700; 2018 17,000; 2019 18,700; 2020 19,500; 2021 19,800; 2022 20,200; 2023 20,700; 2024 21,700; 2025 21,800.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21,776 | $98,683 | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 21,698 | $93,267 | 5.1% |
| 2023 | 20,655 | $90,744 | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 20,200 | $88,492 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 19,837 | $84,267 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 19,526 | $79,672 | 4.6% |
| 2019 | 18,665 | $75,037 | 9.7% |
| 2018 | 17,009 | $73,546 | 8.1% |
| 2017 | 15,740 | $73,670 | 3.4% |
| 2016 | 15,229 | $72,607 | 2.0% |
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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Life, physical, and social science occupations in Tennessee, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for life, physical, and social science occupations in Tennessee. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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