Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 86.4) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA moved from $43,800 in May 2024 to $45,240 in May 2025 (+3.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA sits +0.2 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
Registered Nurses publishes $76,730 here versus $97,550 nationally (-21.3%; 2,660metro-area jobs). Next is Customer Service Representatives at $36,130 locally versus $44,770 nationally (-19.3%).
- Registered Nurses$76,730 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA sits 21.3% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,660 published local jobs).
- Customer Service Representatives$36,130 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA sits 19.3% below the national Customer Service Representatives median of $44,770 (2,130 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$27,420 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA sits 16.6% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (3,090 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$26,890 in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA sits 13.8% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (4,170 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 28700 · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #361/528
- RPP-QUIET 86.4
- OCC-MID 347 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $353K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Southwest Montan…
- BOOK-FULL 346 rows · May 2025
Read with Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area (+$0 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
Where Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 500 jobs · $132,280
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 480 jobs · $118,470
- 3. Software Developers 430 jobs · $115,310
- 4. Industrial Production Managers 380 jobs · $133,240
- 5. Pharmacists 370 jobs · $133,270
- 6. Marketing Managers 360 jobs · $136,240
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 330 jobs · $130,830
- 8. Lawyers 300 jobs · $107,560
- 9. Construction Managers 280 jobs · $116,980
- 10. Sales Managers 270 jobs · $132,950
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 250 jobs · $138,550
- 12. Computer Network Architects 210 jobs · $131,420
- 13. Administrative Services Managers 190 jobs · $122,130
- 14. Family Medicine Physicians 150 jobs · $352,590
- 15. Human Resources Managers 150 jobs · $132,680
- 16. Physicians, All Other 140 jobs · $124,130
- 17. Physician Assistants 130 jobs · $117,490
- 18. Chief Executives 100 jobs · $189,410
Occupations Tracked
347
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$54,948
employment-weighted, 346 complete rows
Top Salary
$352,590
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
86.4
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, 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 | Financial Managers | $132,280 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $118,470 |
| 3 | Software Developers | $115,310 |
| 4 | Industrial Production Managers | $133,240 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $133,270 |
| 6 | Marketing Managers | $136,240 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $130,830 |
| 8 | Lawyers | $107,560 |
| 9 | Construction Managers | $116,980 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $132,950 |
| 11 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $138,550 |
| 12 | Computer Network Architects | $131,420 |
| 13 | Administrative Services Managers | $122,130 |
| 14 | Family Medicine Physicians | $352,590 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $132,680 |
| 16 | Physicians, All Other | $124,130 |
| 17 | Physician Assistants | $117,490 |
| 18 | Chief Executives | $189,410 |
| 19 | Dentists, General | $173,810 |
| 20 | Purchasing Managers | $130,490 |
| 21 | Engineers, All Other | $103,330 |
| 22 | Facilities Managers | $106,020 |
| 23 | Veterinarians | $105,090 |
| 24 | Optometrists | $150,420 |
| 25 | Commercial Pilots | $114,350 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,330 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,620 |
| Orderlies | $26,720 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $26,840 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,890 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,930 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,250 |
| Cashiers | $27,420 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $28,020 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $28,030 |
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 ($54,948 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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