SOC 51-3092 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Food Batchmakers make in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Food Batchmakers in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is $43,660. The 10th percentile is $34,850 and the 90th percentile is $60,810. Employment is 360.

Median annual wage

$43,660

10th percentile
$34,850
25th percentile
$38,380
Median
$43,660
75th percentile
$49,920
90th percentile
$60,810
Mean
$45,480

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Food Batchmakers, the published 10th percentile is $34,850 and the 90th percentile is $60,810. The difference is $25,960, which is 59.5% 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 $38,380 to the 75th at $49,920, covers $11,540.

The mean annual wage is $45,480, which sits above the median of $43,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN median is 3.2% higher than the national median of $42,290 for Food Batchmakers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,320, which is 7.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.5% higher than the Tennessee median of $42,610.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 96.338, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $43,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Food Batchmakers at $45,320 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Food Batchmakers. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ranks 5th of 12 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).).

  • Bowling Green, KY is 68 miles away, with a median of $48,670 and employment of 310. That median is 11.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,970, against $45,320 here.
  • Chattanooga, TN-GA is 105 miles away, with a median of $43,420 and employment of 250. That median is 0.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,472, against $45,320 here.
  • Owensboro, KY is 111 miles away, with a median of $37,090 and employment of 370. That median is 15% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,858, against $45,320 here.

Employment share

Food Batchmakers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN (360 of 1,099,300). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (174,520 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.29 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN · Food Batchmakers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Food Batchmakers make in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Food Batchmakers in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is $43,660. The 10th percentile is $34,850 and the 90th percentile is $60,810. Employment is 360.

How does that compare with the national median for Food Batchmakers?

The local median is 3.2% higher than the national median of $42,290.

What is Food Batchmakers pay in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 96.338, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $43,660 is $45,320. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN compare with nearby metros for Food Batchmakers?

Bowling Green, KY is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 68 miles away, at $48,670. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ranks 5th of 12 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.