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
Forest and Conservation Workers	$40,320	210	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$40,310	4,380	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$40,270	—	View salary detail
Airfield Operations Specialists	$40,180	190	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$40,130	20,150	View salary detail
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other	$39,980	640	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$39,960	2,650	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$39,940	41,810	View salary detail
Hoist and Winch Operators	$39,930	40	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$39,800	3,810	View salary detail
Helpers--Carpenters	$39,790	440	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$39,710	3,240	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$39,690	3,340	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$39,570	19,180	View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,510	1,660	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$39,480	550	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$39,340	1,660	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$39,160	2,260	View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$39,130	350	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$39,070	1,510	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$38,890	1,760	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$38,860	49,880	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$38,820	3,730	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$38,730	950	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$38,730	3,530	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$38,710	3,900	View salary detail
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	$38,650	170	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$38,550	3,520	View salary detail
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$38,530	1,410	View salary detail
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	$38,490	2,540	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$38,420	270	View salary detail
Helpers--Roofers	$38,380	160	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$38,330	5,270	View salary detail
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	$38,260	760	View salary detail
Etchers and Engravers	$38,230	300	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$38,160	105,870	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$38,160	105,870	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$38,020	460	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$37,990	27,040	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$37,960	7,640	View salary detail
Photographers	$37,950	780	View salary detail
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	$37,780	50	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$37,780	6,250	View salary detail
Agricultural Equipment Operators	$37,750	390	View salary detail
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	$37,730	310	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$37,590	2,970	View salary detail
Material Moving Workers, All Other	$37,530	570	View salary detail
Library Assistants, Clerical	$37,410	1,110	View salary detail
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	$37,410	270	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$37,370	130	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.