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Mercer Report Compensation Recommendations
The study is a result of Mercer’s research.  It gives the governor, the legislature and department leadership basic information on salary structure and related issues.  Using this information, the state will analyze state employee compensation against the information provided and consider options for future compensation program improvements.

Mercer State Comprehensive Pay Plan Review
This project included reviewing the general employee base pay structures and the approach to maintaining them, and making recommendations for change to enhance the competitiveness of the base pay program.

Fiscal Year 2007-08 Overview of Funds Authorized for Employee Salary Improvements
Governor Bredesen and the General Assembly provided significant funds for state employee salary improvements in Fiscal Year 2007-08.

2007-2008 Salary Compression Plan Implementation
Fiscal Year 2007-08 Policy on Employee Salary Compression and Compression Calculator are located on this page.

Message From The Commissioner

  • Welcome to the Tennessee Department of Human Resources. Our Mission is to provide value-added effective and efficient customer-driven human resources services to our internal and external customers in support of the State's (more)

Employment Special Notice

The Department of Human Resources is not currently accepting applications (neither online nor paper applications) for any job classifications. We are in the process of converting to a new application system and are unable to process applications at this time. We do not yet have a specific date for the availability of the new application system. Please check back at a later time for updates on the implementation schedule for the new system. When the new application system is available, the Department of Human Resources will begin taking applications for only a limited number of Career Service job classifications.

Also, please note that when the new application system is implemented, all applicants must set up an online account in the new system and create a new application to be able to apply for any job postings listed on the website. The online application completed in the new system must include full and complete education and experience information regardless of whether or not you have previously supplied this information in an application to the Department of Human Resources.

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