How much do Gas Plant Operators make in Memphis, TN-MS-AR?

Percentile spread

For Gas Plant Operators, the published 10th percentile is $62,420 and the 90th percentile is $99,170. The difference is $36,750, which is 55.2% 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 $66,560 to the 75th at $97,490, covers $30,930.

The mean annual wage is $78,750, which sits above the median of $66,560. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Memphis, TN-MS-AR median is 24.2% lower than the national median of $87,820 for Gas Plant Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $72,207, which is 17.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Tennessee median of $66,560.

Memphis, TN-MS-AR covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Tennessee, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 92.179, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $66,560 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Gas Plant Operators at $72,207 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Gas Plant Operators. Memphis, TN-MS-AR ranks 3rd of 3 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).).

• Jackson, MS is 179 miles away, with a median of $80,270 and employment of 60. That median is 20.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $90,142, against $72,207 here.
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 189 miles away, with a median of $66,970 and employment of 70. That median is 0.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,516, against $72,207 here.

Employment share

Gas Plant Operators accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Memphis, TN-MS-AR (110 of 611,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (18,030 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.55 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.