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.
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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