Labor and Worker Rights
Tennessee rankings among the 50 states.
- *Average Annual Pay in 2007. National Average = $44, 458 / Tennessee Average = $ 39, 082
- *48th in average hourly earnings of production workers on manufacturing payrolls in 2008. (National Average= $ 17.94/ Tennessee = $14.63
- *38th in job growth from 2007 to 2008 (National percent change = 1.2% decrease / Tennessee = 2.3% decrease)
- ^31th: Occupational Fatalities
* Morgan, Kathleen O'Leary and Morgan, Scott. CQ Press's State Fact Finder Series: State Rankings 2009. Washington, DC, 2009.
^United Health Foundation: America's Health Rankings 2009. No. 1 is best; No. 50 is worst.
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