Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Nashville, TN

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Medical Assistants	$44,620	6,340	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$44,600	6,000	View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers	$44,490	760	View salary detail
Photographers	$44,480	240	View salary detail
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$44,460	240	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$44,450	1,380	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$44,440	210	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$44,350	1,050	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$44,330	880	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$44,320	310	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$44,240	1,020	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$44,220	430	View salary detail
Helpers--Carpenters	$44,080	220	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$44,010	920	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$43,860	1,270	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$43,860	16,770	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$43,660	360	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$43,190	3,450	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$42,920	370	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$42,840	150	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$42,840	1,870	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$42,800	1,360	View salary detail
Motorboat Operators	$42,360	40	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$41,950	430	View salary detail
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	$41,600	530	View salary detail
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	$41,590	820	View salary detail
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$41,210	220	View salary detail
Library Assistants, Clerical	$41,210	530	View salary detail
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$41,210	120	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$41,060	450	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$41,060	450	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$41,060	450	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$40,910	990	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$40,760	110	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$40,570	730	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$40,560	460	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$40,520	140	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$40,510	4,790	View salary detail
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	$40,370	550	View salary detail
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$40,260	50	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$39,940	60	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$39,890	2,370	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$39,790	33,120	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$39,790	33,120	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$39,510	7,420	View salary detail
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	$39,330	270	View salary detail
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	$39,200	120	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$39,170	2,460	View salary detail
Floral Designers	$39,150	240	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$38,730	1,260	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.