Child day care in Tennessee 1,164 establishments · 15,947 employees · 2024
Firms (TN)
1,164
Employment
15,947
Avg Annual Pay
$28,963
State Rank
#22 of 52
How Tennessee compares to national
Metric
Tennessee
National
Tennessee vs. U.S.
Establishments
1,164
79,233
1.5% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$28,963
$32,550
-$3,587 (-11.0%)
Location quotient
0.78
1.00
22% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
13.7
12.5
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Year-over-year firm growth
-0.6%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.78 means child day care are 22% under-represented in Tennessee's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 624410. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json