Carter County, TN

FIPS 47019 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Carter County had an annual average of 12,025 jobs across 879 establishments, paying $0.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

12,025

+1.5% YoY

Establishments

879

Total Wages

$0.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$47,576

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 Carter County, TN, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 1,417 75 $374 $27.4M
611 NAICS 611 1,353 3 $1,124 $59.4M
332 NAICS 332 1,028 9 $1,163 $62.2M
623 NAICS 623 736 9 $747 $28.6M
621 NAICS 621 662 62 $1,058 $36.4M
455 NAICS 455 576 21 $563 $16.9M
921 NAICS 921 554 4 $925 $26.7M
445 NAICS 445 354 14 $430 $7.9M
238 NAICS 238 315 53 $2,005 $32.9M
444 NAICS 444 239 10 $624 $7.8M
522 NAICS 522 237 27 $1,445 $17.8M
457 NAICS 457 223 28 $553 $6.4M
811 NAICS 811 196 26 $1,190 $12.1M
624 NAICS 624 180 49 $733 $6.9M
561 NAICS 561 169 35 $740 $6.5M
423 NAICS 423 130 27 $1,462 $9.9M
456 NAICS 456 129 15 $897 $6.0M
484 NAICS 484 115 12 $1,116 $6.7M
236 NAICS 236 111 26 $998 $5.8M
459 NAICS 459 94 20 $581 $2.8M
441 NAICS 441 91 18 $605 $2.9M
812 NAICS 812 88 19 $620 $2.8M
491 NAICS 491 73 5 $1,131 $4.3M
221 NAICS 221 69 9 $2,832 $3.7M
721 NAICS 721 69 7 $461 $1.6M
923 NAICS 923 65 4 $1,346 $4.6M
458 NAICS 458 58 8 $343 $1.0M
237 NAICS 237 53 2 $1,457 $2.8M
449 NAICS 449 52 8 $796 $2.1M
524 NAICS 524 51 26 $920 $2.4M
924 NAICS 924 50 4 $1,017 $2.1M
813 NAICS 813 48 9 $494 $1.2M
922 NAICS 922 44 6 $2,278 $3.8M
339 NAICS 339 18 4 $778 $0.7M
531 NAICS 531 18 1 $886 $0.8M
513 NAICS 513 16 6 $565 $0.5M
523 NAICS 523 13 9 $3,705 $2.6M
999 NAICS 999 9 2 $183 $0.1M
814 NAICS 814 6 5 $547 $0.2M
334 NAICS 334 6 5 $2,335 $0.7M
926 NAICS 926 6 3 $1,356 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

91

jobs · $67,815 avg pay

State Government

226

jobs · $66,413 avg pay

Local Government

2,017

jobs · $43,462 avg pay

Private

9,691

jobs · $47,802 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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