Clarksville, TN-KY Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Clarksville, TN-KY moved from $42,990 in May 2024 to $44,860 in May 2025 (+4.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Clarksville, TN-KY sits +1.2 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Retail Salespersons shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Clarksville, TN-KY
Retail Salespersons publishes $29,100 here versus $35,410 nationally (-17.8%; 3,470metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $28,230 locally versus $32,880 nationally (-14.1%).
- Retail Salespersons$29,100 in Clarksville, TN-KY sits 17.8% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,470 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$28,230 in Clarksville, TN-KY sits 14.1% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,720 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$26,990 in Clarksville, TN-KY sits 13.5% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (4,000 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$37,070 in Clarksville, TN-KY sits 7.9% below the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (2,580 published local jobs).
Retail Salespersons and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Clarksville, TN-KY; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 17300 · Clarksville, TN-KY $52K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #435/528
- RPP-LOW 90.9
- OCC-MID 311 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $264K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE +1.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Hinesville, GA
- BOOK-FULL 309 rows · May 2025
Read with Hinesville, GA (+$32 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Clarksville, TN-KY
Where Clarksville, TN-KY already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Clarksville, TN-KY's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 450 jobs · $105,500
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 310 jobs · $121,110
- 3. Education Administrators, All Other 310 jobs · $108,450
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 300 jobs · $115,160
- 5. Financial Managers 270 jobs · $133,620
- 6. Sales Managers 210 jobs · $126,820
- 7. Pharmacists 190 jobs · $133,920
- 8. Lawyers 160 jobs · $119,430
- 9. Construction Managers 150 jobs · $101,230
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 140 jobs · $125,790
- 11. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $172,410
- 12. Physicians, All Other 90 jobs · $264,060
- 13. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $141,260
- 14. Physician Assistants 80 jobs · $121,710
- 15. Marketing Managers 70 jobs · $113,520
- 16. Veterinarians 70 jobs · $111,400
- 17. Human Resources Managers 70 jobs · $108,450
- 18. Purchasing Managers 50 jobs · $121,060
Occupations Tracked
311
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,380
employment-weighted, 309 complete rows
Top Salary
$264,060
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
90.9
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Clarksville, TN-KY, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $105,500 |
| 2 | Industrial Production Managers | $121,110 |
| 3 | Education Administrators, All Other | $108,450 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $115,160 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $133,620 |
| 6 | Sales Managers | $126,820 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $133,920 |
| 8 | Lawyers | $119,430 |
| 9 | Construction Managers | $101,230 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $125,790 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $172,410 |
| 12 | Physicians, All Other | $264,060 |
| 13 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $141,260 |
| 14 | Physician Assistants | $121,710 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $113,520 |
| 16 | Veterinarians | $111,400 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $108,450 |
| 18 | Purchasing Managers | $121,060 |
| 19 | Information Security Analysts | $116,940 |
| 20 | Facilities Managers | $115,860 |
| 21 | Dentists, General | $163,980 |
| 22 | Family Medicine Physicians | $215,380 |
| 23 | Optometrists | $132,200 |
| 24 | Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay | $110,660 |
| 25 | School Psychologists | $101,430 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Clarksville, TN-KY
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $21,790 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,340 |
| Bartenders | $24,230 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $25,940 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,420 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $26,520 |
| Bus Drivers, School | $26,620 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,990 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $27,030 |
| Coaches and Scouts | $27,180 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in TN
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside TN. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($52,380 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Clarksville, TN-KY wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Clarksville, TN-KY at $264,060/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $52,380 adjusts to about $57,594 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 90.9. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for TN before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.