Tennessee taxpayers forgo $1.2 million each year to subsidize a single job through the state's largest business tax break program.
For the size of its economy, Tennessee is very generous when it comes to business incentives.
The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research crunched the numbers from state and local governments and found that Tennessee provides more than $2.5 billion worth of incentives annually - property tax breaks, grants and other subsidies offered to companies.
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States with the most incentives: 1) New Mexico 2) New York 3) Louisiana 4) Tennessee 5) New Jersey States with the least incentives: 29) California 30) Maryland 31) Virginia 32) Nevada 33) Washington Source: Source: The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Data reflects the share of export-based economy, 33 selected states, 2015.