KORE1 in Middle Tennessee, priced November 2026
Temporary Staffing Agency in Nashville, TN Accounting, admin and IT temps, temp-to-hire and local bill rates
Accounting, finance, admin and HR temps for Nashville and Franklin teams, with the Tennessee rules and the bill spelled out.
KORE1 is a temp agency in Nashville. In the Nashville metro, a mid-level temp accountant bills $56 to $68 an hour, median $61, about $31,600 for three months. KORE1 employs the temp on W2 and pays every Friday.
Last updated: November 12, 2026
- Covered here
- Back-office temps for Nashville and Franklin employers, meaning accountants, revenue cycle and AP clerks, finance analysts, HR coordinators, admin and service desk, each employed by KORE1 for the length of the assignment.
- Covered elsewhere
- KORE1 sends no warehouse or light-industrial crews to Middle Tennessee. For permanent hires and the rest of our local work, use the staffing agency in Nashville page.
Every rate on this page comes from the 2026-Q4 Contract Rate Index, effective October 16, 2026. The cells cover the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin metro, which this page calls the Nashville metro, and they’re modeled from BLS wages and an employer load instead of being averaged from KORE1 placements, so a quote is what prices your seat.
Take a mid-level temp accountant for three months at the median and you land near $31,600. Treat that as a yardstick. KORE1 is the employer on record, and your manager sets the schedule and directs the work. If the model is new to you, start with temporary staffing with KORE1 and come back here for the Tennessee side.
What Do Accounting and Finance Temps Bill in Nashville?
Each row is the Nashville metro as of October 16, 2026, and each cell is modeled, so a quote is what prices the seat against the live market.
| Temp seat | Index cell | Bill range | Median | 3 months | 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp accountantNashville metro | Accountant, junior | $46 to $55 | $50 | $26,200 | $52,400 |
| Temp accountantNashville metro | Accountant, mid‑level | $56 to $68 | $61 | $31,600 | $63,200 |
| Financial analyst tempNashville metro | Financial analyst, mid‑level | $70 to $79 | $77 | $40,200 | $80,400 |
Quote a Nashville temp
Tell us the role, the level, how many weeks and the start date. We’ll price that one seat.
- KORE1 places admin and executive assistant temps constantly, and there’s no rate printed beside them because the index has no admin cell, so each admin seat is priced on its own.
- IT gets one line here. A Nashville metro L2 help desk temp bills $43 to $52 an hour, median $47. The rest of the IT table stays on Nashville IT contractor bill rates, which owns it.
- Nashville temps from KORE1 work in offices. KORE1 sends no warehouse or light-industrial crews. Hiring for a permanent seat instead? See Nashville accounting and finance staffing.
Which Nashville Industries Lean on Accounting and Admin Temps?
The BLS Nashville area economic summary, updated November 2, 2026, counted 1,204,600 nonfarm jobs in September 2026. Trade, transportation and utilities held 224,900, professional and business services 197,300, education and health services 188,600 and financial activities 79,600.
Those sectors set the seats.
Healthcare management
HCA Healthcare lists One Park Plaza in Nashville as its principal executive office in its latest quarterly report, Community Health Systems is based in Franklin, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center runs from Medical Center Drive in Nashville. Back offices at organizations like these call for revenue cycle, AP and month-end close help, because remittances keep arriving whether or not the team has grown. Posting backlogs.
The auto corridor
Nissan North America has its headquarters in Franklin and its vehicle assembly plant in Smyrna, according to the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, and suppliers fill the corridor through Smyrna, Franklin and Spring Hill. Plant accounting, cost accounting and purchasing admin are the seats KORE1 fills there. The plant office, never the line.
Music and entertainment
Publishers, labels and entertainment companies are the third base, and the Chamber describes the region as running from music to health care, while royalty accounting and contract admin are date-driven jobs that open when statements are due and close when the split is paid. They follow the calendar.
Employers are named here only to show what the local economy looks like. None of them is described as a KORE1 client.
What Do Tennessee Rules Mean for a Nashville Temp?
Four rules decide how much the state asks of a temp’s employer. Two are written into law. Two aren’t, because Tennessee has no law there, and a missing law doesn’t mean a missing cost. Silence isn’t savings.
- State minimum wageNo Tennessee law
- Tennessee has no state minimum wage law, according to the U.S. Department of Labor state table. A temp’s pay is set by the seat, not by a state floor.
- Fringe benefits and sick payNo Tennessee law
- The state labor department says “There is no Tennessee law that regulates fringe benefits”, and it lists sick pay, vacation and PTO in that group, which leaves company policy to decide, so ask any agency what its temps actually get.
- E-VerifyOn the books since 2023
- Since January 1, 2023, private employers with 35 or more full-time equivalent employees under the same FEIN must use E-Verify. Private employers with fewer than 35 may use E-Verify or request and maintain identity documents, under Tenn. Code Ann. 50-1-703, per the state labor department. For a KORE1 temp, that step sits with KORE1 as the W2 employer.
- Public Chapter 622On the books from 2027
- Public Chapter 622, House Bill 1194, is an act relative to E-Verify. It changes the employee count in Tenn. Code 50-1-702(13) from at least six employees to at least one, and it takes effect January 1, 2027, applying to conduct and hires on or after that date.
What Does a Nashville Temp Bill Cover When No Tennessee Law Requires Sick Pay?
Buyers ask this before anything else, and Tennessee doesn’t change the answer. Start at $100 an hour.
- Hourly pay rate
- $100
- Employer cost at 24%, taxes and insurance
- $24
- Loaded cost in all
- $124
- Where the bill lands
- $150 to $160
Read it top down. The $124 is what the temp costs before anyone earns a dollar of margin, and the gap up to the bill pays for recruiting, account management and margin. Tennessee mandates no fringe benefits. The load is real anyway, because payroll taxes and insurance don’t wait for a mandate, and a quote built from a percentage alone can understate what the seat costs you.
“First off, it’s not a markup. Secondly, there’s a margin in there. And thirdly, there’s a bunch of other costs that you’re not thinking of.”
Before you sign with anyone, ask what their load counts and get it on paper.
How Do You Compare Nashville Temp Agencies?
Skip the list of names and start with three checks on the employer, and if you do want a ranking, the Nashville staffing agency comparison has one, though this page names no agency. Ask all three.
- Who is the W2 employer?The temp should sit on the agency’s payroll, with the taxes and workers’ comp that come with it.
- When does conversion carry no fee?Get the hour count in writing. KORE1’s is 1,040.
- What does the hourly bill include?Pay, employer taxes and insurance, and the agency’s own costs, shown line by line.
“a firm who’s willing to show you how they make their money and not hide anything.”
What Does KORE1 Carry as the Employer of a Nashville Temp?
KORE1 is the W2 employer, which covers the Friday paycheck, employer taxes, workers’ comp and liability coverage, plus dental and vision that KORE1 pays in full, while your team sets the schedule and directs the work. The temp is simply part of it.
“The things that we carry that we don’t need to, like paying 100% of their dental, 100% of their vision… we’re taking really good care of the people that are working for you.”
When Does a Nashville Temp Become Your Hire?
Once a temp passes 1,040 hours, close to six months of full-time work, the temp can join your staff with no conversion fee. That’s a KORE1 contract term, and plenty of buyers treat the first months as a working interview.
The record backs it up. Of 552 KORE1 contract-to-hire placements, 207 became direct hires, or 37.5%. That’s the model behind Nashville temp-to-hire.
One limit applies. A temp carries no replacement guarantee. A Nashville direct hire through KORE1 costs 20% of the hire’s base salary and includes the 60-day replacement guarantee.
The typical KORE1 start lands 3 days after the offer, a median across 1,997 placements in every role we fill, and it isn’t a Nashville number, because KORE1 has no Nashville office to point to and won’t claim one. What does travel is a payroll that runs every Friday. Fridays, every week.
KORE1 staffs other Middle Tennessee desks too, among them Nashville IT staffing, engineering staffing in Nashville, data staffing in Nashville, NetSuite staffing in Nashville and ERP staffing in Nashville. KORE1 runs the same office-temp desk in other metros, among them Dallas, Houston, Austin, Phoenix, New Orleans, Minneapolis, Los Angeles County, Long Beach and Orange County. To compare metros, see contract staffing rates by metro. In Florida it also runs the Tampa temp agency desk. In Pennsylvania it also runs the Pittsburgh office temp desk.
$61
modeled median bill per hour, mid-level temp accountant, Nashville metro
$77
modeled median bill per hour, mid-level financial analyst temp, Nashville metro
3 days
median gap between offer and first day across KORE1 placements (n=1,997)
37.5%
contract-to-hire placements that ended in a permanent hire (207 of 552)
Rate cells are from the 2026-Q4 index, effective October 16, 2026. The placement figures are KORE1’s own history, so read them as a record, not a promise.
Which Nashville Office Seats Does KORE1 Fill?
Every seat below is hired on the same W2 terms, whichever desk it sits on.
Finance
Accountants and finance analysts
Month-end close, year-end close and the audit lists that follow, royalty close included.
Accounting contract staffingRevenue cycle
AP, AR and revenue cycle clerks
Posting backlogs and payment reconciliations in hospital and physician group back offices.
AP and AR specialist staffingPlant office
Cost accounting and purchasing admin
Plant accounting and purchase order work, with the engineering desk on its own page.
Engineering staffing in NashvillePeople and office
HR, admin and service desk
Enrollment waves, front desk and help desk cover while someone is out or the office moves.
Human resources staffing
Common Questions
How much does a temp agency charge per hour in Nashville?
A mid-level temp accountant in the Nashville metro bills $56 to $68 an hour, median $61, and a junior one bills $46 to $55, median $50. Three months of the mid-level seat at the median runs about $31,600. Those cells are modeled from May 2025 BLS wages, a 24% employer burden and KORE1 bill bands, so a quote prices your seat.
Who runs E-Verify for a KORE1 temp in Tennessee?
KORE1 does, as the W2 employer. Since January 1, 2023, private employers with 35 or more full-time equivalent employees under the same FEIN must use E-Verify, and KORE1 runs that step for its temps instead of leaving it to your HR team.
How soon can a Nashville temp start after we approve a candidate?
KORE1’s median is 3 days from offer to start, across 1,997 placements in every role we fill. That isn’t a Nashville figure, because KORE1 has no Nashville office to measure from. Give us the start date when you ask for a quote and we’ll say what’s realistic for that seat.
Can a Nashville temp be hired directly, and is there a fee?
Yes, and after 1,040 hours there’s no conversion fee. That’s a KORE1 contract term, not a Tennessee rule. Before 1,040 hours, ask us for the terms on that seat when you request a quote.
Talk to KORE1 About a Nashville Revenue Cycle, Plant Office or Royalty Close
A posting backlog, a plant office short a cost accountant or a royalty close that’s slipping. Cover the five prompts below and a recruiter comes back with an hourly price and a first day you can plan around.
- RoleBookkeeper, staff accountant, finance analyst, revenue cycle or AP clerk, HR coordinator, admin or help desk.
- SeniorityJunior, mid-level or senior, in whatever words your team uses.
- First dayThe morning you want someone sitting at the desk.
- How longWeeks are enough, and a guess is fine because plenty of assignments stretch.
- WhereWhich Middle Tennessee office the seat is in, whether Nashville, Franklin or the Smyrna corridor.
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