Tennessee was 21.2% below the U.S. median for Waiters and Waitresses. It ranked 38 of 54 state areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Tennessee was 91.9, or 8.1% below the national price level. Its housing index was 79.1.
National-price-dollar proxy
$30,217
WageScope divides the published Waiters and Waitresses median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 35-3031 and BLS area 47.
Questions, answered
Waiters and Waitresses pay in Tennessee: common questions
What is the median wage for Waiters and Waitresses in Tennessee?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $27,760 per year for Waiters and Waitresses in Tennessee. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Waiters and Waitresses pay higher in Tennessee than nationally?
Tennessee's published median was 21.2% below the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Tennessee?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 91.9 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many Waiters and Waitresses jobs does BLS estimate in Tennessee?
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What the Waiters and Waitresses median says in Tennessee
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Waiters and Waitresses median in Tennessee at $27,760 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 35-3031 and BLS area 47.
BLS lists 52,120 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $29,070 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Tennessee's Waiters and Waitresses median is 21.2% below the U.S. Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 35-3031 and area 47. SOC 35-3031 names Waiters and Waitresses. Area 47 names Tennessee. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 35-3031/47 row reports 52,120 wage and salary jobs, 15.9 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.09 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 35-3031/47, the annual median is $27,760 per year, while the matching mean is $29,070 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
BLS area 47 facts behind this Waiters and Waitresses page
Area 47 reports 3,278,760 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $60,800. Its annual median is $47,380. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 35-3031 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Tennessee runs from $28,600 at the 10th percentile to $103,130 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $35,830. The median is $47,380. The 75th percentile is $71,050. This is a place check, not a pay range for Waiters and Waitresses.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 47. They do not show related skills or a path into Waiters and Waitresses.
1. Area 47, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 105,870 jobs, $38,160 annual median, 32.29 jobs per 1,000, and 1.7 location quotient.
2. Area 47, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 90,690 jobs, $27,470 annual median, 27.66 jobs per 1,000, and 1.12 location quotient.
3. Area 47, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 87,380 jobs, $31,950 annual median, 26.65 jobs per 1,000, and 1.06 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Tennessee wage ladder for Waiters and Waitresses
The 10th percentile is $15,080 per year. The 25th percentile is $16,790 per year. The median is $27,760 per year. The 75th percentile is $37,380 per year. The 90th percentile is $47,660 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $16,790 per year to $37,380 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $32,580. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Tennessee has a annual median of $27,760 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $35,230 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Tennessee. Tennessee is 21.2% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Tennessee ranks 38 of 54 among states and territories with a published annual median for Waiters and Waitresses. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 38 of 54 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
35. Missouri has a Waiters and Waitresses median of $29,400 per year, 41,640 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.97.
36. South Dakota has a Waiters and Waitresses median of $28,990 per year, 7,350 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.1.
37. Indiana has a Waiters and Waitresses median of $28,480 per year, 43,620 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.93.
39. Alabama has a Waiters and Waitresses median of $26,840 per year, 28,760 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.93.
Pay leaders
Where Waiters and Waitresses medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 35-3031, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. Hawaii has the highest published median in this set, at $62,390 per year. Tennessee sits at $27,760 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Waiters and Waitresses is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. Hawaii has a Waiters and Waitresses median of $62,390 per year, or $34,630 above Tennessee. BLS lists 14,090 jobs there, compared with 52,120 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 1.54.
2. Vermont has a Waiters and Waitresses median of $59,140 per year, or $31,380 above Tennessee. BLS lists 4,040 jobs there, compared with 52,120 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 0.91.
3. Washington has a Waiters and Waitresses median of $56,130 per year, or $28,370 above Tennessee. BLS lists 45,400 jobs there, compared with 52,120 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 0.88.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Waiters and Waitresses jobs
California has the largest published state job estimate for Waiters and Waitresses in this same-source set, at 229,970 jobs. Tennessee has 52,120. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. California has 229,970 estimated Waiters and Waitresses jobs, a gap of 177,850 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $36,080 per year, or $8,320 above Tennessee. Its location quotient is 0.86.
2. Florida has 207,180 estimated Waiters and Waitresses jobs, a gap of 155,060 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $36,150 per year, or $8,390 above Tennessee. Its location quotient is 1.43.
Local-share leaders
Where Waiters and Waitresses takes the largest share of local jobs
Nevada has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 1.88. Tennessee has 1.09. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Waiters and Waitresses is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Nevada has a location quotient of 1.88, a gap of 0.79 from Tennessee. BLS lists 42,520 Waiters and Waitresses jobs and a median of $26,410 per year, or $1,350 below Tennessee.
2. Guam (territory) has a location quotient of 1.59, a gap of 0.50 from Tennessee. BLS lists 1,550 Waiters and Waitresses jobs and a median of $20,320 per year, or $7,440 below Tennessee.
3. Hawaii has a location quotient of 1.54, a gap of 0.45 from Tennessee. BLS lists 14,090 Waiters and Waitresses jobs and a median of $62,390 per year, or $34,630 above Tennessee.
Job scale and share
How common Waiters and Waitresses is in Tennessee
BLS lists 52,120 Waiters and Waitresses jobs in Tennessee. It also lists 15.9 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 1.09. A value of 1 means Waiters and Waitresses has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Waiters and Waitresses beside other roles in Tennessee
The all-occupations median in Tennessee is $47,380 per year. The Waiters and Waitresses median is $27,760 per year. Waiters and Waitresses is 41.4% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Tennessee. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Waiters and Waitresses. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Fast Food and Counter Workers, SOC 35-3023, has a Tennessee median of $27,470 per year. BLS lists 90,690 jobs and a location quotient of 1.12.
2. Cashiers, SOC 41-2011, has a Tennessee median of $28,590 per year. BLS lists 63,350 jobs and a location quotient of 0.97.
3. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, SOC 25-9045, has a Tennessee median of $29,210 per year. BLS lists 23,280 jobs and a location quotient of 0.78.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Tennessee
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Tennessee table, at 105,870 jobs. Waiters and Waitresses has 52,120 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 3,278,760. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Waiters and Waitresses's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 105,870 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 53,750 from Waiters and Waitresses. Its median is $38,160 per year, or $10,400 above Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 1.7.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 90,690 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 38,570 from Waiters and Waitresses. Its median is $27,470 per year, or $290 below Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 1.12.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Tennessee
General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Tennessee role table, at $106,970 per year. Waiters and Waitresses has $27,760 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $47,380 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $106,970 per year in Tennessee, or $79,210 above Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 63,720 jobs, compared with 52,120 for Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 0.86.
2. Registered Nurses has a median of $81,500 per year in Tennessee, or $53,740 above Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 72,200 jobs, compared with 52,120 for Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 1.01.
3. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $76,840 per year in Tennessee, or $49,080 above Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 27,340 jobs, compared with 52,120 for Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 0.89.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Tennessee
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has the highest location quotient in the bounded Tennessee role table, at 2.06. Waiters and Waitresses has 1.09. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Waiters and Waitresses with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 2.06 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.97 from Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 41,810 jobs and a median of $39,940 per year, or $12,180 above Waiters and Waitresses.
2. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.98 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.89 from Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 58,760 jobs and a median of $44,630 per year, or $16,870 above Waiters and Waitresses.
Price-level view
What $27,760 may mean after the Tennessee price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Tennessee is 91.9. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 8.1% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $27,760 Waiters and Waitresses median by 91.9 divided by 100. The result is $30,217 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 79.1. Goods are 96.2. Utilities are 72.1. Other services are 95.1. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
The employment RSE for this Waiters and Waitresses row is 4.4%. The mean-wage RSE is 2.7%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 52,120 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $29,070 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Waiters and Waitresses. It uses a Tennessee place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $27,760 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Waiters and Waitresses row for Tennessee does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 52,120 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.09 is not a growth score. Rank 38 of 54 is not a place score. The 91.9 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 35-3031 in BLS area 47. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 52,120 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 47, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 72,200 jobs, $81,500 annual median, 22.02 jobs per 1,000, and 1.01 location quotient.
5. Area 47, SOC 53-3032, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers: 64,890 jobs, $58,620 annual median, 19.79 jobs per 1,000, and 1.49 location quotient.
6. Area 47, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 63,720 jobs, $106,970 annual median, 19.44 jobs per 1,000, and 0.86 location quotient.
4. Oregon has a Waiters and Waitresses median of $48,410 per year, or $20,650 above Tennessee. BLS lists 23,040 jobs there, compared with 52,120 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 0.8.
5. District of Columbia has a Waiters and Waitresses median of $47,850 per year, or $20,090 above Tennessee. BLS lists 11,530 jobs there, compared with 52,120 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 1.12.
6. New York has a Waiters and Waitresses median of $47,020 per year, or $19,260 above Tennessee. BLS lists 142,940 jobs there, compared with 52,120 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 1.01.
7. New Jersey has a Waiters and Waitresses median of $44,960 per year, or $17,200 above Tennessee. BLS lists 55,800 jobs there, compared with 52,120 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 0.89.
8. Colorado has a Waiters and Waitresses median of $44,860 per year, or $17,100 above Tennessee. BLS lists 40,680 jobs there, compared with 52,120 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 0.97.
3. Texas has 199,610 estimated Waiters and Waitresses jobs, a gap of 147,490 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $23,240 per year, or $4,520 below Tennessee. Its location quotient is 0.97.
4. New York has 142,940 estimated Waiters and Waitresses jobs, a gap of 90,820 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $47,020 per year, or $19,260 above Tennessee. Its location quotient is 1.01.
5. Pennsylvania has 82,300 estimated Waiters and Waitresses jobs, a gap of 30,180 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $34,690 per year, or $6,930 above Tennessee. Its location quotient is 0.93.
6. Ohio has 77,250 estimated Waiters and Waitresses jobs, a gap of 25,130 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $36,700 per year, or $8,940 above Tennessee. Its location quotient is 0.95.
7. Georgia has 76,470 estimated Waiters and Waitresses jobs, a gap of 24,350 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $18,700 per year, or $9,060 below Tennessee. Its location quotient is 1.07.
8. Illinois has 72,900 estimated Waiters and Waitresses jobs, a gap of 20,780 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $31,200 per year, or $3,440 above Tennessee. Its location quotient is 0.82.
4. Virgin Islands (territory) has a location quotient of 1.47, a gap of 0.38 from Tennessee. BLS lists 690 Waiters and Waitresses jobs and a median of $36,340 per year, or $8,580 above Tennessee.
5. Florida has a location quotient of 1.43, a gap of 0.34 from Tennessee. BLS lists 207,180 Waiters and Waitresses jobs and a median of $36,150 per year, or $8,390 above Tennessee.
6. South Carolina has a location quotient of 1.4, a gap of 0.31 from Tennessee. BLS lists 47,200 Waiters and Waitresses jobs and a median of $18,370 per year, or $9,390 below Tennessee.
7. Rhode Island has a location quotient of 1.39, a gap of 0.30 from Tennessee. BLS lists 10,160 Waiters and Waitresses jobs and a median of $35,420 per year, or $7,660 above Tennessee.
8. Louisiana has a location quotient of 1.2, a gap of 0.11 from Tennessee. BLS lists 33,870 Waiters and Waitresses jobs and a median of $15,080 per year, or $12,680 below Tennessee.
4. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Tennessee median of $31,950 per year. BLS lists 87,380 jobs and a location quotient of 1.06.
5. Home Health and Personal Care Aides, SOC 31-1120, has a Tennessee median of $32,130 per year. BLS lists 35,950 jobs and a location quotient of 0.4.
6. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Tennessee median of $33,440 per year. BLS lists 38,120 jobs and a location quotient of 0.82.
7. Security Guards, SOC 33-9032, has a Tennessee median of $36,000 per year. BLS lists 27,690 jobs and a location quotient of 1.02.
8. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Tennessee median of $36,140 per year. BLS lists 60,130 jobs and a location quotient of 1.01.
3. Retail Salespersons has 87,380 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 35,260 from Waiters and Waitresses. Its median is $31,950 per year, or $4,190 above Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 1.06.
4. Registered Nurses has 72,200 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 20,080 from Waiters and Waitresses. Its median is $81,500 per year, or $53,740 above Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 1.01.
5. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 64,890 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 12,770 from Waiters and Waitresses. Its median is $58,620 per year, or $30,860 above Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 1.49.
6. General and Operations Managers has 63,720 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 11,600 from Waiters and Waitresses. Its median is $106,970 per year, or $79,210 above Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 0.86.
7. Cashiers has 63,350 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 11,230 from Waiters and Waitresses. Its median is $28,590 per year, or $830 above Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 0.97.
8. Stockers and Order Fillers has 60,130 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 8,010 from Waiters and Waitresses. Its median is $36,140 per year, or $8,380 above Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 1.01.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $66,390 per year in Tennessee, or $38,630 above Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 49,870 jobs, compared with 52,120 for Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 1.65.
5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $61,630 per year in Tennessee, or $33,870 above Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 23,850 jobs, compared with 52,120 for Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 0.91.
6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $59,980 per year in Tennessee, or $32,220 above Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 28,240 jobs, compared with 52,120 for Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 0.96.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $58,620 per year in Tennessee, or $30,860 above Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 64,890 jobs, compared with 52,120 for Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 1.49.
8. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has a median of $48,180 per year in Tennessee, or $20,420 above Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 37,680 jobs, compared with 52,120 for Waiters and Waitresses. Its location quotient is 1.3.
3. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.7 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.61 from Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 105,870 jobs and a median of $38,160 per year, or $10,400 above Waiters and Waitresses.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a location quotient of 1.65 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.56 from Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 49,870 jobs and a median of $66,390 per year, or $38,630 above Waiters and Waitresses.
5. Light Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.63 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.54 from Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 33,710 jobs and a median of $45,050 per year, or $17,290 above Waiters and Waitresses.
6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.49 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.40 from Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 64,890 jobs and a median of $58,620 per year, or $30,860 above Waiters and Waitresses.
7. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has a location quotient of 1.3 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.21 from Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 37,680 jobs and a median of $48,180 per year, or $20,420 above Waiters and Waitresses.
8. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.14 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.05 from Waiters and Waitresses. BLS lists 26,250 jobs and a median of $45,000 per year, or $17,240 above Waiters and Waitresses.
Waiters and Waitresses pay in Tennessee | BLS 2025
Current jobs
Precise employer-title matches for Waiters and Waitresses in Tennessee
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Tennessee place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
