Insights / Healthcare pay below the U.S. median / Tennessee
5 healthcare jobs where pay in Tennessee lags the U.S. median
Hold Tennessee and Technicians to $64,630 so finance sees the same cell.
Send Tennessee and Technicians out $80,110 so the handoff names the cell.
Bring Tennessee Registered Nurses in $81,500 while the draft is still open.
Move Tennessee Registered Nurses toward $97,550 and the req stops guessing.
Each occupation
1Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
- State median
- $64,630
- U.S. median
- $80,110
- State vs U.S.
- 0.81
2Registered Nurses
- State median
- $81,500
- U.S. median
- $97,550
- State vs U.S.
- 0.84
3Phlebotomists
- State median
- $38,550
- U.S. median
- $45,230
- State vs U.S.
- 0.85
4Speech-Language Pathologists
- State median
- $84,630
- U.S. median
- $97,870
- State vs U.S.
- 0.86
5Dental Hygienists
- State median
- $84,640
- U.S. median
- $98,100
- State vs U.S.
- 0.86
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State median | U.S. median | State vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiologic Technologists and Technicians | $64,630 | $80,110 | 0.81 |
| 2 | Registered Nurses | $81,500 | $97,550 | 0.84 |
| 3 | Phlebotomists | $38,550 | $45,230 | 0.85 |
| 4 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $84,630 | $97,870 | 0.86 |
| 5 | Dental Hygienists | $84,640 | $98,100 | 0.86 |
Takeaways
- Park Tennessee Phlebotomists beside $38,550 before the screen gets longer.
- Pin Tennessee Phlebotomists beside $45,230 while the role is still unposted.
- Cite Tennessee Speech-Language Pathologists $84,630 and nobody swaps in a national midpoint.
- Cite Tennessee Speech-Language Pathologists $97,870 rather than hiding the cell.
For recruiters
- List Tennessee Dental Hygienists at $84,640 before someone copies a midpoint.
- Leave Tennessee and Technicians at $64,630 inside the Hiring Pack with the figure.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
An occupation is included only when the Tennessee OEWS median is at most 0.97 times the U.S. median for the same occupation. The 5 lowest comparisons are shown. States with fewer than 5 such occupations are omitted, rather than filled with occupations at or above the U.S. median. OEWS May 2025. Sorted by the lowest comparison, Tennessee is 17 of 31. A row links to the Tennessee metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $64,630 is stated as about $64.6K. $80,110 is stated as about $80.1K. a comparison of 0.81 is stated as 19 percent. $84,640 is stated as about $84.6K. $98,100 is stated as about $98.1K. a comparison of 0.86 is stated as 14 percent.
Sources
A Hiring Pack starts from the role and the city on the req.
First Hiring Pack free.
Then Was $24Now $0.99 per req report.
Or Was $149Now $19.99/month unlimited.