Employment by Industry Sector Data

Employment by Occupation, Age 16+

Employment by Occupation

City of Bristol, Tennessee

%

MSA*

%

30 Minute Drive Time

%

Construction, Extraction, & Maintenance

1,061

9.43%

16,757

10.49%

9,625

10.39%

Farming, Fishing & Maintenance

18

0.16%

785

0.49%

421

0.45%

Management, Business & Financial Operations

1,171

10.40%

16,452

10.30%

9,627

10.39%

Production, Transportation & Material Moving

2,073

18.42%

30,555

19.13%

18,365

19.82%

Professional & Related Occupations

1,769

15.72%

29,797

18.66%

17,259

18.63%

Sales & Office

3,447

30.62%

43,393

27.17%

25,538

27.56%

Service

1,717

15.25%

22,215

13.91%

11,821

12.76%

Total

11,256

 

159,954

 

92,656

 

2000 Census Data 

Source:  2008 Claritas Inc. 

*MSA is the Metropolitan Statistical Area of Sullivan and Washington Counties of Tennessee and Washington and Scott Counties of Virginia and the independent city of Bristol, Virginia. 

Kingsport-Bristol TN-VA MSA, Employment by Occupation 

2007 Data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce

Occupation Job Type

Employment

%

Architecture & Engineering

1,570

1.33%

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports & Media

900

0.76%

Building & Grounds and Cleaning & Maintenance

3,620

3.07%

Business & Financial Operations

2,380

2.02%

Community & Social Services

1,190

1.01%

Computer & Mathematical

1,010

0.86%

Construction & Extraction

6,100

5.17%

Education, Training & Library

6,720

5.70%

Farming, Fishing & Forestry

210

0.18%

Food Preparation & Serving Related

10,450

8.86%

Healthcare Practitioners & Technical

6,820

5.78%

Healthcare Support

3,260

2.76%

Installation, Maintenance & Repair

8,140

6.90%

Legal

530

0.45%

Life, Physical & Social Science

530

0.45%

Management

4,470

3.79%

Office & Administrative Support

17,740

15.04%

Personal Care & Service

2,090

1.77%

Production

17,010

14.42%

Protective Service

1,770

1.50%

Sales & Related

11,850

10.04%

Transportation & Material Moving

9,530

8.08%

Total

117,890

 

Source:  The Source (Tennessee Employment Data)