Morristown, TN 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 Morristown, TN moved from $40,320 in May 2024 to $44,280 in May 2025 (+9.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Morristown, TN sits +6.7 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.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 34100 · Morristown, TN $50K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #469/528
- RPP-QUIET 86.4
- OCC-MID 207 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $268K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-AHEAD +6.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Southwest Alabam…
- BOOK-MOST 205 rows · May 2025
Read with Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area ($14 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 Morristown, TN
Where Morristown, TN already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Morristown, TN's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 670 jobs · $93,420
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 150 jobs · $123,510
- 3. Industrial Engineers 140 jobs · $97,310
- 4. Financial Managers 130 jobs · $122,850
- 5. Pharmacists 120 jobs · $129,410
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 120 jobs · $105,560
- 7. Sales Managers 110 jobs · $105,760
- 8. Physical Therapists 80 jobs · $97,150
- 9. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 80 jobs · $95,430
- 10. Lawyers 70 jobs · $115,230
- 11. Construction Managers 70 jobs · $99,970
- 12. Administrative Services Managers 60 jobs · $116,340
- 13. Engineers, All Other 60 jobs · $93,290
- 14. Chief Executives 50 jobs · $166,650
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 50 jobs · $120,190
- 16. Software Developers 50 jobs · $102,390
- 17. Management Analysts 50 jobs · $99,290
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 40 jobs · $136,320
Occupations Tracked
207
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$50,481
employment-weighted, 205 complete rows
Top Salary
$267,730
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
86.4
14% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Morristown, 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 | $93,420 |
| 2 | Industrial Production Managers | $123,510 |
| 3 | Industrial Engineers | $97,310 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $122,850 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $129,410 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $105,560 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $105,760 |
| 8 | Physical Therapists | $97,150 |
| 9 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $95,430 |
| 10 | Lawyers | $115,230 |
| 11 | Construction Managers | $99,970 |
| 12 | Administrative Services Managers | $116,340 |
| 13 | Engineers, All Other | $93,290 |
| 14 | Chief Executives | $166,650 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $120,190 |
| 16 | Software Developers | $102,390 |
| 17 | Management Analysts | $99,290 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $136,320 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $129,010 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $109,010 |
| 21 | Occupational Therapists | $93,010 |
| 22 | Physicians, All Other | $267,730 |
| 23 | Veterinarians | $106,950 |
| 24 | Physician Assistants | $103,350 |
| 25 | Electrical Engineers | $100,240 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Morristown, TN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $20,720 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,600 |
| Bartenders | $23,730 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $26,200 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,530 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $27,020 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,310 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $27,370 |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $27,700 |
| Childcare Workers | $27,800 |
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 ($50,481 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 Morristown, TN wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Morristown, TN at $267,730/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $50,481 adjusts to about $58,451 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 86.4. 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.