How much do Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians make in Knoxville, TN?

Percentile spread

For Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $36,400 and the 90th percentile is $63,180. The difference is $26,780, which is 57.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $37,630 to the 75th at $60,430, covers $22,800.

The mean annual wage is $49,810, which sits above the median of $46,880. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Knoxville, TN median is 17.1% lower than the national median of $56,550 for Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,643, which is 10.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2% lower than the Tennessee median of $47,830.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Knoxville, TN is 92.569, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,880 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians at $50,643 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians. Knoxville, TN ranks 9th of 9 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 135 miles away, with a median of $47,480 and employment of 40. That median is 1.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,911, against $50,643 here.
• Lexington-Fayette, KY is 143 miles away, with a median of $55,150 and employment of 40. That median is 17.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,372, against $50,643 here.
• Bowling Green, KY is 143 miles away, with a median of $48,380 and employment of 40. That median is 3.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,649, against $50,643 here.

Employment share

Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Knoxville, TN (100 of 424,600). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (37,870 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.97 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.