SOC 53-5022 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Motorboat Operators 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 Motorboat Operators in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is $42,360. The 10th percentile is $29,590 and the 90th percentile is $51,400. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$42,360

10th percentile
$29,590
25th percentile
$36,350
Median
$42,360
75th percentile
$47,130
90th percentile
$51,400
Mean
$45,510

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Motorboat Operators, the published 10th percentile is $29,590 and the 90th percentile is $51,400. The difference is $21,810, which is 51.5% 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 $36,350 to the 75th at $47,130, covers $10,780.

The mean annual wage is $45,510, which sits above the median of $42,360. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN median is 10.9% lower than the national median of $47,520 for Motorboat Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,970, which is 7.5% 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 $42,360.

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 $42,360 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Motorboat Operators at $43,970 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Motorboat Operators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Motorboat Operators accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN (40 of 1,099,300). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,480 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.28 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 · Motorboat Operators 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 Motorboat Operators make in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Motorboat Operators in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is $42,360. The 10th percentile is $29,590 and the 90th percentile is $51,400. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Motorboat Operators?

The local median is 10.9% lower than the national median of $47,520.

What is Motorboat Operators 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 $42,360 is $43,970. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.