SOC 53-1047 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors make in Morristown, TN?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors in Morristown, TN is $67,570. The 10th percentile is $39,860 and the 90th percentile is $84,170. Employment is 260.

Median annual wage

$67,570

10th percentile
$39,860
25th percentile
$50,560
Median
$67,570
75th percentile
$80,240
90th percentile
$84,170
Mean
$66,440

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Paramedics in an ambulance. Photograph by Jim Legans, Jr.. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors, the published 10th percentile is $39,860 and the 90th percentile is $84,170. The difference is $44,310, which is 65.6% 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 $50,560 to the 75th at $80,240, covers $29,680.

The mean annual wage is $66,440, which sits below the median of $67,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Morristown, TN median is 7.4% higher than the national median of $62,890 for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $78,239, which is 24.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.5% higher than the Tennessee median of $61,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Morristown, TN is 86.364, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $67,570 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors at $78,239 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors. Morristown, TN ranks 1st of 28 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).).

  • Knoxville, TN is 43 miles away, with a median of $60,160 and employment of 1,950. That median is 11% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,989, against $78,239 here.
  • Asheville, NC is 57 miles away, with a median of $58,080 and employment of 810. That median is 14% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,183, against $78,239 here.
  • Johnson City, TN is 59 miles away, with a median of $55,310 and employment of 250. That median is 18.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,904, against $78,239 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors accounts for 0.55% of wage-and-salary employment in Morristown, TN (260 of 47,290). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (623,640 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.37 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors make in Morristown, TN?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors in Morristown, TN is $67,570. The 10th percentile is $39,860 and the 90th percentile is $84,170. Employment is 260.

How does that compare with the national median for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors?

The local median is 7.4% higher than the national median of $62,890.

What is First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors pay in Morristown, TN after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Morristown, TN is 86.364, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $67,570 is $78,239. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Morristown, TN compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors?

Knoxville, TN is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 43 miles away, at $60,160. Morristown, TN ranks 1st of 28 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.