Blount County, TN

FIPS 47009 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Blount County had an annual average of 56,991 jobs across 3,423 establishments, paying $3.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

56,991

+4.5% YoY

Establishments

3,423

Total Wages

$3.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$61,176

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Blount County, TN, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
336 NAICS 336 5,108 18 $1,449 $384.7M
722 NAICS 722 4,900 221 $490 $124.5M
611 NAICS 611 3,700 58 $936 $171.4M
561 NAICS 561 3,029 225 $871 $137.1M
622 NAICS 622 2,473 2 $2,877 $138.3M
238 NAICS 238 2,211 219 $1,264 $145.3M
541 NAICS 541 2,058 432 $1,599 $171.1M
621 NAICS 621 1,978 197 $2,015 $207.2M
721 NAICS 721 1,564 37 $757 $61.6M
522 NAICS 522 1,466 105 $4,049 $117.9M
455 NAICS 455 1,438 39 $553 $41.4M
459 NAICS 459 1,375 86 $1,475 $105.5M
423 NAICS 423 1,262 143 $1,851 $121.5M
623 NAICS 623 1,230 44 $894 $57.2M
441 NAICS 441 1,182 60 $1,274 $78.3M
445 NAICS 445 1,130 34 $567 $33.3M
524 NAICS 524 1,117 80 $1,625 $94.4M
921 NAICS 921 974 6 $1,169 $59.2M
424 NAICS 424 950 40 $1,618 $79.9M
551 NAICS 551 932 17 $2,806 $136.1M
488 NAICS 488 825 24 $1,472 $39.1M
332 NAICS 332 713 26 $1,272 $47.2M
444 NAICS 444 614 34 $708 $22.6M
812 NAICS 812 555 68 $953 $27.5M
811 NAICS 811 508 96 $1,113 $29.4M
532 NAICS 532 503 33 $830 $21.7M
236 NAICS 236 483 128 $1,234 $31.0M
457 NAICS 457 478 68 $486 $12.1M
326 NAICS 326 462 9 $1,062 $25.5M
925 NAICS 925 395 3 $1,331 $27.3M
481 NAICS 481 393 6 $1,563 $31.9M
713 NAICS 713 390 27 $430 $8.4M
456 NAICS 456 380 46 $804 $15.9M
492 NAICS 492 337 10 $1,053 $18.5M
517 NAICS 517 242 16 $1,704 $20.4M
928 NAICS 928 238 2 $1,740 $19.2M
449 NAICS 449 231 34 $1,024 $12.3M
237 NAICS 237 222 24 $1,516 $16.0M
813 NAICS 813 216 30 $940 $10.6M
531 NAICS 531 187 90 $876 $8.5M
458 NAICS 458 180 23 $409 $3.8M
484 NAICS 484 176 32 $1,017 $9.3M
321 NAICS 321 174 8 $1,685 $15.2M
334 NAICS 334 174 12 $1,600 $14.5M
491 NAICS 491 170 7 $1,413 $12.5M
485 NAICS 485 150 13 $563 $4.4M
327 NAICS 327 128 7 $1,156 $7.7M
333 NAICS 333 126 14 $1,345 $8.8M
513 NAICS 513 124 59 $2,082 $13.5M
425 NAICS 425 120 24 $2,086 $13.0M
562 NAICS 562 117 15 $1,091 $6.6M
923 NAICS 923 115 4 $1,232 $7.4M
335 NAICS 335 111 5 $1,349 $7.8M
922 NAICS 922 103 6 $1,799 $8.3M
221 NAICS 221 102 11 $2,816 $8.9M
323 NAICS 323 81 12 $813 $3.4M
311 NAICS 311 61 8 $1,071 $3.4M
337 NAICS 337 55 5 $1,107 $3.1M
814 NAICS 814 54 37 $539 $1.5M
712 NAICS 712 35 1 $1,197 $2.2M
999 NAICS 999 30 15 $624 $1.0M
518 NAICS 518 20 18 $2,173 $2.2M
926 NAICS 926 18 7 $2,876 $2.2M
624 NAICS 624 12 1 $494 $0.3M
312 NAICS 312 10 4 $1,314 $0.7M
924 NAICS 924 4 1 $1,532 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

350

jobs · $84,321 avg pay

State Government

342

jobs · $73,609 avg pay

Local Government

7,274

jobs · $53,649 avg pay

Private

49,025

jobs · $62,042 avg pay

TN Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

3.6%

April 2026

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