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Neurologists Salary in TN

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Neurologists in TN have a median annual salary of $229,670, with 220 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $76,500 at the 10th percentile to $535,990 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$229,670

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$110.42

Employment

220

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$76,500
10th
$140,830
25th
$229,670
Median
$377,020
75th
$535,990
90th

Local compared with national

TN

$229,670

Median annual · 2025

United States

$248,560

Median annual · 2025

The TN median is 7.6% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $18,890).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 4.3
  2. 2.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.1
  3. 3.SpeakingImportance 4.1
  4. 4.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.1
  5. 5.Social PerceptivenessImportance 4.1
  6. 6.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 4.1
  7. 7.WritingImportance 4.0
  8. 8.MonitoringImportance 4.0
  9. 9.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 4.0
  10. 10.ScienceImportance 3.8
  11. 11.Active LearningImportance 3.8
  12. 12.CoordinationImportance 3.8

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Post-Doctoral Training
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Job zone
5

Technology used

  • Allscripts PM
  • athenahealth athenaCollector
  • Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR
  • Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR
  • Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
  • CareCloud Central
  • Cerner PowerWorks Practice Management
  • e-MDs software
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Email software
  • Epic Practice Management
  • Epic Systems
  • GalacTek ECLIPSE
  • GE Healthcare Centricity Practice Solution
  • Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITE

Common tasks

  • Participate in neuroscience research activities.
  • Interview patients to obtain information, such as complaints, symptoms, medical histories, and family histories.
  • Supervise medical technicians in the performance of neurological diagnostic or therapeutic activities.
  • Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas, such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status.
  • Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests, such as lumbar punctures, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests.
  • Order or interpret results of laboratory analyses of patients' blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
  • Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results.
  • Prescribe or administer medications, such as anti-epileptic drugs, and monitor patients for behavioral and cognitive side effects.
  • Identify and treat major neurological system diseases and disorders, such as central nervous system infection, cranio spinal trauma, dementia, and stroke.
  • Develop treatment plans based on diagnoses and on evaluation of factors, such as age and general health, or procedural risks and costs.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Neurologists salary in other locations

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