Salary and cost of living across Tennessee
This page covers 4 Tennessee counties and 22 occupations with published wages. Across all of them the median of the median salaries is $43,860 a year. Each county links to its own list of jobs, with take-home pay and cost-of-living math for every one.
Housing is the biggest difference between places: a one-bedroom Fair Market Rent runs from $1,178 a month in Knox County, TN to $1,650 in Davidson County, TN. Among counties with at least 20 listed occupations, Davidson County, TN has the highest median-of-medians pay at $45,240. Davidson County, TN has the largest share of occupations (91%) whose take-home pay covers rent, food, energy and gasoline.