Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Chattanooga, TN

568 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Chattanooga, TN for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	$48,900	200	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$48,770	630	View salary detail
Recreational Therapists	$48,590	30	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$48,330	160	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,160	330	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$48,080	180	View salary detail
Marriage and Family Therapists	$48,050	210	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$48,030	90	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$48,020	2,210	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	$47,960	70	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$47,940	170	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$47,860	40	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$47,720	140	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$47,680	120	View salary detail
Glaziers	$47,670	50	View salary detail
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	$47,650	40	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$47,600	360	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$47,600	360	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$47,470	230	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$47,460	140	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$47,440	90	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$47,440	90	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$47,440	90	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$47,440	90	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$47,420	50	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,320	120	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$47,320	340	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$47,190	890	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$47,170	2,840	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$47,140	130	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$47,000	390	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,920	2,920	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$46,910	170	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$46,820	1,270	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$46,630	440	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$46,620	340	View salary detail
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	$46,580	40	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$46,580	140	View salary detail
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	$46,550	60	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$46,360	670	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,220	160	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$46,200	70	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$46,150	290	View salary detail
Firefighters	$46,060	560	View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	$46,040	—	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$45,860	220	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$45,700	120	View salary detail
Tutors	$45,570	240	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$45,570	210	View salary detail
Roofers	$45,530	140	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.