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.
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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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.