Employment by Industry
Manufacturing: 15.61%
Retail Trade: 13%
Health Care & Social Services: 10.19%
Accommodation & Food Service: 10.19%
Education: 7.93%
Other: 43.08%
Major Industrial Employers
Old Dominion Freight Lines: 1,200
Bush Brothers & Company: 500
Nyrstar – Tennessee Mines Co.: 450
Oshkosh Manufacturing: 358
American Book Company:322
Nashua Corporation: 180
Matsuo Industries: 180
Ball Metalpack: 174
TRU Homes: 147
Masonite International Corp.:125
Overman USA, Inc.:120
Footwear Industries of Tennessee (FIT), Inc.: 100
Establishments by Industry
Service & Public Administration: 255
Retail Trade: 192
Accomodation & Food Service: 111
 Health Care & Social Services: 103
Construction: 84
Professional, Scientific, & Technological: 61
Real Estate: 60
Wholesale Trade: 47
Other: 236
Tax Structure
County Tax Rate - $2.35
City Property Tax Rate(s) –
Jefferson City - $1.20
Dandridge, TN - $1.00
White Pine, TN - $1.22
Assessment Ratio – Residential Property – 25%
Assessment Ratio – Commercial/Industrial Property – 40%
Assessment Ratio – Business Personal Property – 30%
State Sales Tax – 7.0%
County Sales Tax – 2.75%
State Income Tax on Wages – None
State Income Tax – Interest from Bonds & Notes & Dividends from Stock – 3%
Excise Tax (State) – 6.5% of Tennessee Taxable Income
Franchise Tax (State) – 0.25% of the greater net worth or real and tangible property in TN
 
*** To calculate the tax on a property, multiply the assessed value (appraised value x assessment ratio) by the tax rate. Residents of the incorporated municipalities pay both city and county property tax. 
 
***Example: A home appraised for $100,000 in Jefferson County would pay: $25,000 (assessed value x 25%) / 100 (property taxes are paid per hundred of assessed value) x 2.35 (tax rate) = $587.50 per year in taxes.