Jackson, TN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 85.5) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Jackson, TN moved from $43,170 in May 2024 to $44,790 in May 2025 (+3.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Jackson, TN sits +0.7 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.
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Jackson, TN
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $26,360 here versus $31,200 nationally (-15.5%; 2,370metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $31,120 locally versus $35,800 nationally (-13.1%).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$26,360 in Jackson, TN sits 15.5% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,370 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$31,120 in Jackson, TN sits 13.1% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,280 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$30,990 in Jackson, TN sits 12.5% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,390 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$36,710 in Jackson, TN sits 8.8% below the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (2,410 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Jackson, TN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 27180 · Jackson, TN $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #427/528
- RPP-QUIET 85.5
- OCC-MID 286 occs
- TOP-LEAD General Intern… · $412K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE +0.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Northern Michiga…
- BOOK-MOST 286 rows · May 2025
Read with Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area ($9 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 Jackson, TN
Where Jackson, TN already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Jackson, TN's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 1,220 jobs · $98,040
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 410 jobs · $108,260
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 300 jobs · $100,770
- 4. Financial Managers 250 jobs · $131,090
- 5. Sales Managers 220 jobs · $134,810
- 6. Lawyers 190 jobs · $133,770
- 7. Pharmacists 180 jobs · $140,540
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 180 jobs · $123,840
- 9. General Internal Medicine Physicians 160 jobs · $412,460
- 10. Construction Managers 140 jobs · $97,070
- 11. Physical Therapists 140 jobs · $96,610
- 12. Administrative Services Managers 130 jobs · $108,900
- 13. Software Developers 130 jobs · $96,540
- 14. Computer and Information Systems Managers 110 jobs · $130,280
- 15. Marketing Managers 100 jobs · $121,910
- 16. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $201,090
- 17. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $245,880
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $139,040
Occupations Tracked
286
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,804
employment-weighted, 286 complete rows
Top Salary
$412,460
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
85.5
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Jackson, TN, 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 | General and Operations Managers | $98,040 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $108,260 |
| 3 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $100,770 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $131,090 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $134,810 |
| 6 | Lawyers | $133,770 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $140,540 |
| 8 | Industrial Production Managers | $123,840 |
| 9 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $412,460 |
| 10 | Construction Managers | $97,070 |
| 11 | Physical Therapists | $96,610 |
| 12 | Administrative Services Managers | $108,900 |
| 13 | Software Developers | $96,540 |
| 14 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $130,280 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $121,910 |
| 16 | Chief Executives | $201,090 |
| 17 | Physicians, All Other | $245,880 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $139,040 |
| 19 | Human Resources Managers | $115,320 |
| 20 | Nurse Anesthetists | $190,970 |
| 21 | Facilities Managers | $108,090 |
| 22 | Physician Assistants | $104,600 |
| 23 | Engineers, All Other | $99,180 |
| 24 | Computer Network Architects | $110,570 |
| 25 | Electrical Engineers | $100,190 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Jackson, TN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $20,490 |
| Bartenders | $22,030 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $23,400 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $24,850 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,360 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,430 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $26,970 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,280 |
| Childcare Workers | $27,540 |
| Cashiers | $27,690 |
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 ($52,804 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 Jackson, TN wage figures in a real decision
- General Internal Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Jackson, TN at $412,460/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. General Internal Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $52,804 adjusts to about $61,743 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 85.5. 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.