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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other Salary in Tennessee

Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other in Tennessee earn a median annual salary of $40,940, which is +0.4% compared to the national median. There are 330 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Tennessee (state).

$40,940
Tennessee median annual wage
$20/hour median
+0.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $40,760
330
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.62
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$29,910
25th
$36,610
Median
$40,940
75th
$44,930
90th
$47,740

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Tennessee, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
91.9%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$44,563
Goods: 96.2%
Services: 72.1%
Rents: 79.1%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New York$66,510Compare1,150
Washington$64,980Compare130
Missouri$64,220Compare70
District of Columbia$52,900Compare40
Colorado$47,020Compare290
California$46,640Compare4,050

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Tennessee

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Family Medicine Physicians$229,0501.10
Neurologists$228,3501.80
Podiatrists$213,1800.39
Nurse Anesthetists$203,4002.20
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$178,7300.96
Pediatricians, General$176,1501.00
Orthodontists$174,830N/A
Chief Executives$173,8701.19

Tennessee has salary data for 754 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other in Tennessee

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other are projected to change by +4.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,800 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.