| State |
| Tennessee Statewide |
| Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) |
| Chattanooga MSA, Tennessee
- Marion and Hamilton counties in Tennessee
with Dade, Walker, and Catoosa counties in Georgia. |
| Clarksville-Hopkinsville MSA, Tennessee
- - Montgomery county
in Tennessee and Christian county in Kentucky. |
| Jackson MSA, Tennessee
- Chester and Madison
counties in Tennessee. |
| Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol MSA, Tennessee
- Carter, Hawkins,
Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington counties in Tennessee with Scott and
Washington counties in Virginia. |
| Knoxville MSA, Tennessee
- Anderson, Blount,
Loudon, Knox, Sevier, and Union counties in Tennessee. |
| Memphis MSA, Tennessee
- Shelby, Tipton, and
Fayette counties in Tennessee with Crittenden county in Arkansas and DeSoto
county in Mississippi. |
| Nashville MSA, Tennessee
- Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson,
Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson counties in Tennessee. |
| Balance of State |
| West Tennessee, Tennessee
- Benton, Carroll,
Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry,
Lake, Lauderdale, McNairy, Obion, and Weakley counties in Tennessee. |
| South Central Tennessee, Tennessee
- Bedford, Coffee,
Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln,
Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry, Stewart, Van Buren, Warren, and Wayne counties
in Tennessee. |
| North Central Tennessee, Tennessee
- Campbell, Cannon, Claiborne, Clay,
Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Hancock, Jackson, Johnson, Macon, Morgan,
Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Scott, Smith, Trousdale and White counties in
Tennessee. |
| East Tennessee, Tennessee
- Bledsoe, Bradley,
Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Jefferson, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe,
Polk, Rhea, Roane, and Sequatchie counties in Tennessee. |
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Entry wages and Experienced wages represent the mean of the lower third and the
mean of the upper two-thirds of the wage distribution respectively. The OES
survey does not collect information in regard to entry or experience workers.
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Published November 2005