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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Helpers--Production Workers Salary in Jackson, TN

Helpers--Production Workers in Jackson, TN earn a median annual salary of $34,890, which is -8.7% compared to the national median. There are 190 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Jackson, TN (metro area).

$34,890
Jackson, TN median annual wage
$17/hour median
-8.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $38,220
190
Local employment
2.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
2.05
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$27,370
25th
$33,100
Median
$34,890
75th
$43,090
90th
$46,320

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Jackson, TN, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
85.5%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$40,797
Goods: 96.2%
Services: 72.6%
Rents: 56.6%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Pittsfield, MA$53,250Compare80
Lewiston, ID-WA$53,010Compare100
Reading, PA$52,780Compare330
Napa, CA$52,460Compare210
St. Joseph, MO-KS$50,660Compare160
Traverse City, MI$49,480Compare50

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Jackson, TN

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Family Medicine Physicians$219,9900.73
Nurse Anesthetists$184,4502.18
General Internal Medicine Physicians$176,9803.14
Chief Executives$168,1100.81
Pharmacists$134,9201.15
Architectural And Engineering Managers$127,6200.60
Lawyers$120,9500.38
Computer Network Architects$119,9500.45

Jackson, TN has salary data for 293 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Helpers--Production Workers in Jackson, TN

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Helpers--Production Workers are projected to change by -8.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 23,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.