General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload in Tennessee

General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload (NAICS 484121) in Tennessee reports 32,998 workers across 1,162 establishments, with $1.9B of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. That represents 5.4% of national employment for this industry, a concentration ratio that tells you whether Tennessee is a primary labor market for this NAICS code or a smaller satellite. A share above 5% signals a meaningful regional cluster; below 1% usually means the state is not a structural fit for this industry at scale. Tennessee accounts for 1.9% of the national General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload establishment count (1,162 of 60,137), according to Census County Business Patterns.

Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. The average annual compensation for General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload employees in Tennessee is $56,407/yr, versus a national average of $61,117/yr. Tennessee pays below the national average for this industry, common in lower cost-of-living states or where the industry has a smaller, less specialized local workforce.

Profitability data is only available at the national level because the IRS Statistics of Income program does not publish state-level margin breakdowns. The national net profit margin for General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload is not reported, and while margins do vary by state, the direction of variance usually follows labor cost and establishment size, both shown above. For a complete picture, pair this state-industry view with the General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the Tennessee overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).