Technology & Innovation
In the heart of the Oak Ridge-UT Innovation Institute, with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and a long history of technological advancement, Roane County excels at STEM-related work.
Workforce & Education
A workforce built for what's next
75 years of advanced workforce development, a 500K+ labor shed, and world-class research institutions.
- 8
- Postsecondary schools within 50 miles
- 70K+
- Area students in postsecondary programs
- 19K
- Area postsecondary graduates per year
- 500K+
- Labor shed
Meeting current & emerging job requirements
75 years of advanced workforce development.
Roane County means business in meeting current and emerging job requirements. Our Education & Workforce Development Committee connects businesses with educators in order to meet workforce needs, and area colleges and universities provide hundreds of degree programs.
A regional labor shed of 500K+ and more than 70,000 students annually in post-secondary education programs gives employers a wide range of candidates for every type of job.
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The advantages
Six pillars of Roane's talent pipeline
Education Opportunities
Roane County works with the 8 postsecondary schools within 50 miles to develop a new pipeline of skilled and educated employees.
Skilled Workforce
Drawing from a multi-county labor shed of 500K+ people, Roane County is known for its work ethic and unsurpassed technological skills.
Work-Based Learning
Our Education & Workforce Development Committee links businesses and educators to meet and exceed our workforce needs through on-the-job training and hundreds of degree programs.
Low Corporate Taxes
Corporate (excise) tax is 6.5% of net earnings, and franchise tax is 25 cents per $100 of capital properties. The state sales tax is 7%.
Quality of Life
A cost of living about 20% below the national average, no personal state income tax and life on Watts Bar Lake give employees a reason to stay — and give employers a workforce that doesn't leave.
Innovation corridor
In the heart of the Oak Ridge-UT Innovation Institute
With Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and a long history of technological advancement next door, Roane County excels at STEM-related work — and trains its own workforce to match.
Work-based learning & low taxes
A council that connects businesses and educators
Our Education & Workforce Development Committee links businesses and educators to meet and exceed our workforce needs through on-the-job training and hundreds of degree programs — so training keeps pace with what employers actually hire for.
Corporate (excise) tax is 6.5% of net earnings, and franchise tax is 25 cents per $100 of capital properties. The state sales tax is 7% — and Tennessee levies no personal state income tax.
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