Johnson City, TN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 87.9) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Johnson City, TN moved from $41,170 in May 2024 to $43,480 in May 2025 (+5.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Johnson City, TN sits +2.5 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Johnson City, TN
Registered Nurses publishes $77,660 here versus $97,550 nationally (-20.4%; 2,740metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $26,270 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-15.8%).
- Registered Nurses$77,660 in Johnson City, TN sits 20.4% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,740 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$26,270 in Johnson City, TN sits 15.8% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,900 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,820 in Johnson City, TN sits 15.8% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,330 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Johnson City, TN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 27740 · Johnson City, TN $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #401/528
- RPP-QUIET 87.9
- OCC-MID 287 occs
- TOP-LEAD Obstetricians… · $285K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Mansfield, OH
- BOOK-MOST 286 rows · May 2025
Read with Mansfield, OH ($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 Johnson City, TN
Where Johnson City, TN already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Johnson City, TN's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 400 jobs · $105,470
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 380 jobs · $102,430
- 3. Physicians, All Other 320 jobs · $280,260
- 4. Financial Managers 300 jobs · $133,170
- 5. Software Developers 300 jobs · $103,320
- 6. Pharmacists 290 jobs · $128,580
- 7. Sales Managers 190 jobs · $129,470
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 160 jobs · $128,530
- 9. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 150 jobs · $102,330
- 10. Marketing Managers 130 jobs · $119,630
- 11. Lawyers 130 jobs · $117,390
- 12. Physician Assistants 130 jobs · $100,060
- 13. Industrial Production Managers 130 jobs · $99,450
- 14. Administrative Services Managers 120 jobs · $123,240
- 15. Chief Executives 100 jobs · $195,450
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $133,120
- 17. Construction Managers 80 jobs · $99,010
- 18. Human Resources Managers 70 jobs · $113,220
Occupations Tracked
287
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,332
employment-weighted, 286 complete rows
Top Salary
$284,630
Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Cost of Living
87.9
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Johnson City, 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 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $105,470 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $102,430 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $280,260 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $133,170 |
| 5 | Software Developers | $103,320 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $128,580 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $129,470 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $128,530 |
| 9 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $102,330 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $119,630 |
| 11 | Lawyers | $117,390 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $100,060 |
| 13 | Industrial Production Managers | $99,450 |
| 14 | Administrative Services Managers | $123,240 |
| 15 | Chief Executives | $195,450 |
| 16 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $133,120 |
| 17 | Construction Managers | $99,010 |
| 18 | Human Resources Managers | $113,220 |
| 19 | Electrical Engineers | $98,200 |
| 20 | Mechanical Engineers | $97,040 |
| 21 | Dentists, General | $182,660 |
| 22 | Veterinarians | $122,580 |
| 23 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $284,630 |
| 24 | Purchasing Managers | $117,730 |
| 25 | Optometrists | $115,210 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Johnson City, TN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Physical Therapist Aides | $20,140 |
| Bartenders | $21,700 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,070 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $22,320 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,360 |
| Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other | $24,580 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $25,520 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,270 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,430 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $26,850 |
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 ($53,332 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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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.