Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Tennessee

857 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Tennessee for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$52,000	3,260	View salary detail
Recreational Therapists	$51,910	150	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$51,900	740	View salary detail
Boilermakers	$51,810	180	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$51,800	3,390	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$51,800	3,390	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$51,790	370	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$51,780	3,680	View salary detail
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$51,630	1,850	View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other	$51,460	1,910	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$51,460	2,520	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$51,080	710	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$50,940	6,990	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$50,840	1,240	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$50,830	1,850	View salary detail
Carpenters	$50,830	8,200	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$50,670	3,140	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,470	2,450	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$50,460	2,260	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$50,370	1,340	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$50,290	16,210	View salary detail
Tutors	$50,280	3,310	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$50,250	340	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$50,240	1,160	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$50,070	1,230	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$50,000	660	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$49,980	1,980	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$49,970	1,640	View salary detail
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	$49,900	200	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$49,840	1,530	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$49,770	420	View salary detail
Word Processors and Typists	$49,750	90	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$49,660	4,190	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$49,630	490	View salary detail
Machinists	$49,600	8,270	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$49,580	690	View salary detail
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters	$49,560	200	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$49,500	550	View salary detail
Extraction Workers, All Other	$49,400	70	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$49,360	940	View salary detail
Firefighters	$49,300	7,020	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$49,230	4,060	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$49,200	710	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$49,180	1,110	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$49,180	1,110	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$49,180	1,110	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$49,180	1,110	View salary detail
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles	$49,140	210	View salary detail
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers	$49,140	330	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$49,120	200	View salary detail

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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.