Memphis, TN-MS-AR Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Memphis, TN-MS-AR - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Memphis, TN-MS-AR moved from $45,610 in May 2024 to $46,890 in May 2025 (+2.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR sits -0.3 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $24,550 here versus $35,230 nationally (-30.3%; 8,060metro-area jobs). Next is Managers, All Other at $104,050 locally versus $141,900 nationally (-26.7%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$24,550 in Memphis, TN-MS-AR sits 30.3% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (8,060 published local jobs).
- Managers, All Other$104,050 in Memphis, TN-MS-AR sits 26.7% below the national Managers, All Other median of $141,900 (2,620 published local jobs).
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$58,500 in Memphis, TN-MS-AR sits 25.6% below the national Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents median of $78,660 (2,210 published local jobs).
- Food Preparation Workers$27,290 in Memphis, TN-MS-AR sits 22.7% below the national Food Preparation Workers median of $35,320 (3,530 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Memphis, TN-MS-AR; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 32820 · Memphis, TN-MS-AR $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #210/528
- RPP-LOW 92.2
- OCC-MOST 564 occs
- TOP-LEAD Neurologists · $536K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Hanford-Corcoran…
- BOOK-FULL 553 rows · May 2025
Read with Hanford-Corcoran, CA ($20 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Employment scale inside Memphis, TN-MS-AR's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Memphis, TN-MS-AR's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 2,750 jobs · $143,880
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,710 jobs · $161,790
- 3. Lawyers 1,670 jobs · $134,440
- 4. Pharmacists 1,460 jobs · $134,220
- 5. Administrative Services Managers 1,430 jobs · $130,580
- 6. Marketing Managers 1,180 jobs · $132,540
- 7. Physicians, All Other 950 jobs · $388,960
- 8. Human Resources Managers 760 jobs · $138,560
- 9. Chief Executives 680 jobs · $196,680
- 10. Family Medicine Physicians 360 jobs · $256,240
- 11. General Internal Medicine Physicians 340 jobs · $298,620
- 12. Dentists, General 280 jobs · $238,040
- 13. Purchasing Managers 240 jobs · $156,830
- 14. Natural Sciences Managers 210 jobs · $155,420
- 15. Nurse Anesthetists 200 jobs · $243,240
- 16. Aerospace Engineers 130 jobs · $129,830
- 17. Pediatricians, General 120 jobs · $168,200
- 18. Public Relations Managers 120 jobs · $141,340
Occupations Tracked
564
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,430
employment-weighted, 553 complete rows
Top Salary
$535,950
Neurologists
Cost of Living
92.2
8% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Memphis, TN-MS-AR
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neurologists | $535,950 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $388,960 |
| 3 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $325,520 |
| 4 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $298,620 |
| 5 | Family Medicine Physicians | $256,240 |
| 6 | Nurse Anesthetists | $243,240 |
| 7 | Dentists, General | $238,040 |
| 8 | Chief Executives | $196,680 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $179,670 |
| 10 | Pediatricians, General | $168,200 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $161,790 |
| 12 | Purchasing Managers | $156,830 |
| 13 | Natural Sciences Managers | $155,420 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $143,880 |
| 15 | Public Relations Managers | $141,340 |
| 16 | Physicists | $139,810 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $138,560 |
| 18 | Psychologists, All Other | $138,300 |
| 19 | Lawyers | $134,440 |
| 20 | Pharmacists | $134,220 |
| 21 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $133,150 |
| 22 | Marketing Managers | $132,540 |
| 23 | Administrative Services Managers | $130,580 |
| 24 | Aerospace Engineers | $129,830 |
| 25 | Optometrists | $129,080 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Memphis, TN-MS-AR
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $24,550 |
| Gambling Dealers | $25,180 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $26,280 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,230 |
| School Bus Monitors | $27,250 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $27,260 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $27,290 |
| Passenger Attendants | $27,380 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,430 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,490 |
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 ($59,430 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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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.