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Average Tool And Die Makers Salary in Morristown, TN

Tool And Die Makers in Morristown, TN earn a median annual salary of $48,400, which is -24.4% compared to the national median. There are 180 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Morristown, TN (metro area).

$48,400
Morristown, TN median annual wage
$23/hour median
-24.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $64,050
180
Local employment
3.8 jobs per 1,000 workers
10.47
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$48,400
25th
$48,400
Median
$48,400
75th
$51,580
90th
$61,210

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 Morristown, TN, 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
86.4%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$56,042
Goods: 96.2%
Services: 72.4%
Rents: 59.0%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $116,850 Compare 1,090
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $97,560 Compare 130
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $87,240 Compare 60
Kansas City, MO-KS $85,740 Compare 450
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $85,010 Compare 100
Lima, OH $84,730 Compare 70

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 Morristown, TN

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $267,730 0.33
Chief Executives $166,650 0.83
Architectural And Engineering Managers $136,320 0.66
Pharmacists $129,410 1.22
Marketing Managers $129,010 0.32
Industrial Production Managers $123,510 1.99
Financial Managers $122,850 0.52
Computer And Information Systems Managers $120,190 0.24

Morristown, TN has salary data for 209 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Tool And Die Makers in Morristown, TN

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Tool And Die Makers are projected to change by -10.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 4,700 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.