How much do Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers make in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA?

Percentile spread

For Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers, the published 10th percentile is $51,000 and the 90th percentile is $161,630. The difference is $110,630, which is 116.3% 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 $66,990 to the 75th at $126,760, covers $59,770.

The mean annual wage is $102,910, which sits above the median of $95,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA median is 11.3% lower than the national median of $107,230 for Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $109,998, which is 2.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.6% lower than the Tennessee median of $100,740.

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 86.447, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $95,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers at $109,998 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

24 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers. Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA ranks 19th of 25 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).).

• Johnson City, TN is 24 miles away, with a median of $86,110 and employment of 80. That median is 9.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $97,932, against $109,998 here.
• Morristown, TN is 62 miles away, with a median of $79,760 and employment of 40. That median is 16.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $92,353, against $109,998 here.
• Asheville, NC is 69 miles away, with a median of $100,280 and employment of 210. That median is 5.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $103,911, against $109,998 here.

Employment share

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA (130 of 119,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (221,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.76 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.