Occupational Wages

2008 Kingsport-Bristol TN-VA MSA, Occupational Wages 

Occupation Job Type

Hourly Mean

Annual Median

Hourly Entry Level

Hourly Experienced

Architecture & Engineering

$27.75

$58,067

$16.20

$33.53

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports & Media

$17.02

$31,757

$8.76

$21.15

Building & Grounds and Cleaning & Maintenance

$9.11

$18,334

$6.55

$10.39

Business & Financial Operations

$21.61

$39,887

$12.55

$26.13

Community & Social Services 

$16.85

$34,646

$10.89

$19.82

Computer & Mathematical 

$22.17

$43,628

$13.65

$26.43

Construction & Extraction

$14.47

$29,230

$9.65

$16.89

Education, Training & Library

$16.56

$35,030

$6.80

$21.44

Farming, Fishing & Forestry 

$11.19

$20,964

$7.59

$12.99

Food Preparation & Serving Related

$7.82

$14,621

$6.38

$8.54

Healthcare Practitioners & Technical

$27.89

$42,542

$12.71

$35.48

Healthcare Support 

$10.85

$21,386

$8.19

$12.17

Installation, Maintenance & Repair

$16.41

$31,507

$10.60

$19.32

Legal 

$27.65

$46,866

$13.06

$34.95

Life, Physical & Social Science

$27.54

$52,960

$17.23

$32.69

Management 

$34.74

$60,759

$14.57

$44.82

Office & Administrative Support 

$12.88

$24,366

$8.51

$15.07

Personal Care & Service 

$9.33

$17,903

$6.58

$10.70

Production 

$14.12

$27,460

$8.59

$16.38

Protective Service 

$14.46

$28,929

$8.65

$17.36

Sales & Related 

$13.48

$19,309

$6.63

$16.90

Transportation & Material Moving 

$12.92

$22,801

$7.18

$15.79

Total All Occupations 

$15.98

$26,765

$7.88

$20.03

Source:  The Source (Tennessee Employment Data) 

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