Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN moved from $48,840 in May 2024 to $50,390 in May 2025 (+3.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN sits +0.1 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Web and Digital Interface Designers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
Web and Digital Interface Designers publishes $63,510 here versus $104,000 nationally (-38.9%; 2,500metro-area jobs). Next is Computer Occupations, All Other at $81,310 locally versus $116,580 nationally (-30.3%).
- Web and Digital Interface Designers$63,510 in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN sits 38.9% below the national Web and Digital Interface Designers median of $104,000 (2,500 published local jobs).
- Computer Occupations, All Other$81,310 in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN sits 30.3% below the national Computer Occupations, All Other median of $116,580 (3,990 published local jobs).
- Managers, All Other$104,130 in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN sits 26.6% below the national Managers, All Other median of $141,900 (6,420 published local jobs).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$56,400 in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN sits 26.3% above the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (20,770 published local jobs).
Web and Digital Interface Designers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 34980 · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $65K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #100/528
- RPP-MID 96.3
- OCC-MOST 609 occs
- TOP-LEAD Orthodontists · $362K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +0.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH North Valley-Nor…
- BOOK-FULL 589 rows · May 2025
Read with North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area ($36 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfree…
Employment scale inside Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 7,400 jobs · $156,860
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 5,640 jobs · $165,970
- 3. Lawyers 3,990 jobs · $142,540
- 4. Pharmacists 2,630 jobs · $137,590
- 5. Physicians, All Other 2,490 jobs · $295,640
- 6. Chief Executives 1,730 jobs · $218,190
- 7. Dentists, General 1,170 jobs · $215,290
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,060 jobs · $159,720
- 9. Nurse Anesthetists 830 jobs · $211,450
- 10. Family Medicine Physicians 650 jobs · $211,370
- 11. Purchasing Managers 570 jobs · $140,410
- 12. Anesthesiologists 480 jobs · $328,840
- 13. Pediatricians, General 400 jobs · $176,210
- 14. General Internal Medicine Physicians 350 jobs · $232,220
- 15. Psychiatrists 230 jobs · $144,020
- 16. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 200 jobs · $218,190
- 17. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 190 jobs · $358,070
- 18. Optometrists 180 jobs · $144,260
Occupations Tracked
609
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$65,395
employment-weighted, 589 complete rows
Top Salary
$361,650
Orthodontists
Cost of Living
96.3
4% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orthodontists | $361,650 |
| 2 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $358,070 |
| 3 | Anesthesiologists | $328,840 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $295,640 |
| 5 | Physicists | $236,920 |
| 6 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $232,300 |
| 7 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $232,220 |
| 8 | Chief Executives | $218,190 |
| 9 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $218,190 |
| 10 | Dentists, General | $215,290 |
| 11 | Nurse Anesthetists | $211,450 |
| 12 | Family Medicine Physicians | $211,370 |
| 13 | Pediatricians, General | $176,210 |
| 14 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $165,970 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $159,720 |
| 16 | Financial Managers | $156,860 |
| 17 | Air Traffic Controllers | $155,540 |
| 18 | Optometrists | $144,260 |
| 19 | Psychiatrists | $144,020 |
| 20 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $143,580 |
| 21 | Lawyers | $142,540 |
| 22 | Purchasing Managers | $140,410 |
| 23 | Psychologists, All Other | $138,070 |
| 24 | Pharmacists | $137,590 |
| 25 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $137,450 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Passenger Attendants | $23,490 |
| Bartenders | $28,190 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $28,500 |
| Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other | $28,620 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,800 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,820 |
| Agricultural Workers, All Other | $29,090 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,150 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $29,390 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | $29,460 |
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 ($65,395 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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