Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Kingsport, TN

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$59,010	360	View salary detail
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	$58,930	150	View salary detail
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$58,570	770	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$58,130	1,110	View salary detail
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$58,040	60	View salary detail
Machinists	$57,890	450	View salary detail
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$57,770	170	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$57,720	400	View salary detail
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$57,630	290	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$57,600	40	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$57,600	40	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$57,450	60	View salary detail
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$57,000	90	View salary detail
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$57,000	90	View salary detail
Construction and Building Inspectors	$56,820	110	View salary detail
Energy Auditors	$56,820	110	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$56,680	600	View salary detail
Fundraisers	$56,500	60	View salary detail
Business Continuity Planners	$56,460	320	View salary detail
Security Management Specialists	$56,460	320	View salary detail
Online Merchants	$56,460	320	View salary detail
Sustainability Specialists	$56,460	320	View salary detail
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$56,460	320	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$55,960	770	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$55,690	450	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$55,680	110	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$55,360	100	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$54,700	1,880	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$54,210	200	View salary detail
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$54,050	800	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$53,800	70	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$53,040	370	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$51,170	90	View salary detail
Tutors	$51,080	50	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$50,780	90	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$49,670	30	View salary detail
Healthcare Social Workers	$49,570	190	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$49,570	100	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$49,450	40	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$49,430	40	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$48,950	290	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$48,880	70	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$48,820	450	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$48,780	40	View salary detail
Tool and Die Makers	$48,730	70	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$48,670	670	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$48,620	80	View salary detail
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$48,620	690	View salary detail
Customs and Border Protection Officers	$48,620	690	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$48,440	430	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.