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title: "Average Salary in Knoxville, TN"
description: "Mean $59,890, median $47,080 in the Knoxville metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Knoxville, TN

Knoxville, TN metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $59,890, median $47,080 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 424,600 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $50,860.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $28,210 |
| 25th | $35,370 |
| 50th | $47,080 |
| 75th | $68,890 |
| 90th | $101,680 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 92.6 |
| Housing (rents) | 82.8 |
| Goods | 96.2 |
| Utilities | 71.9 |
| Other services | 95.1 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $233,920
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $199,990
- [Nuclear Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nuclear-engineer): $185,740
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $183,750
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $174,200
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $169,940
- [Biochemist and Biophysicist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/biochemist-and-biophysicist): $165,550
- [Natural Sciences Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/natural-sciences-manager): $164,690
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $156,870
- [Physicist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physicist): $156,290

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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