How much do Transportation Workers, All Other make in Knoxville, TN?

Percentile spread

For Transportation Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $24,350 and the 90th percentile is $61,520. The difference is $37,170, which is 108.1% 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 $24,350 to the 75th at $44,890, covers $20,540.

The mean annual wage is $38,190, which sits above the median of $34,390. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Knoxville, TN median is 24.7% lower than the national median of $45,650 for Transportation Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $37,151, which is 18.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 25.7% lower than the Tennessee median of $46,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Knoxville, TN is 92.569, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $34,390 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Transportation Workers, All Other at $37,151 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Transportation Workers, All Other. Knoxville, TN ranks 5th of 5 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 102 miles away, with a median of $40,340 and employment of 80. That median is 17.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,878, against $37,151 here.
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 145 miles away, with a median of $38,240 and employment of 430. That median is 11.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,694, against $37,151 here.
• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 160 miles away, with a median of $44,070 and employment of 390. That median is 28.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,044, against $37,151 here.

Employment share

Transportation Workers, All Other accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Knoxville, TN (210 of 424,600). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,550 of 155,495,730). The local share is 5.68 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.