Oak Ridge, TN Salary Data - What Companies Pay Here

Median DOL Salary

$88,444

Total DOL Filings

1,601

Companies Hiring

Cost of Living Index

90.3

National avg = 100

Location vs National

Oak Ridge, TN$88,444

National Average$60,917

The weighted median salary in Oak Ridge, TN is 45.2% above the national average across all occupations.

Top Employers in Oak Ridge

Employer	Local Filings	Median Salary	Type
UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY)	1,354	$92,646	Other
OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES	287	$56,628	Other
The University of Tennessee	37	$70,000	Other
National Resource Management, LLC	9	$114,000	Other
UT-Battelle, LLC (ORNL)	5	$75,000	Other
Vanderbilt University	5	$58,000	Other
MASTECH, INC., A MASTECH HOLDINGS, INC. COMPANY	4	$87,818	Staffing
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE	4	$71,500	Other
Covenant Medical Group	4	$290,000	Other
The Florida State University	3	$75,000	Other
NANOMECHANICS, INC.	3	$71,280	Other
BSH Home Appliances	2	$90,000	Other
UT-BATTELLE, LLC	2	$83,278	Other
Carnegie Institution of Washington	2	$57,283	Other
BERTHOLD TECHNOLOGIES USA, LLC	2	$88,371	Other
DATUM LLC	2	$130,000	Other
Theiss Research	2	$72,300	Other
SPTC USA Corporation	2	$85,000	Other
CRYOMAGNETICS, INC.	2	$67,500	Other
Hitachi Vantara LLC	2	$101,440	Other
Hospital Medicine Services of Tennessee, P.C.	1	$272,480	Other
Georgia Institute of Technology	1	$70,000	Other
AMETEK ADVANCED MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.	1	$90,000	Other
KLA-Tencor Corporation	1	$109,512	Other
NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING & TECHNOLOGY	1	$54,686	Other

Highest-Paying Occupations in Oak Ridge

Job Title	Median Salary	vs National	Filings
Natural Sciences Managers	$170,004	+21.1%	9
Nuclear Engineers	$96,504	N/A	43
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$88,002	+14.4%	6
Engineers, All Other	$87,701	-10.5%	18
Mechanical Engineers	$82,020	-17.4%	12
Mathematicians	$77,187	N/A	16
Materials Scientists	$68,040	N/A	230
Physicists	$67,140	-61.3%	134
Materials Engineers	$65,754	-39.5%	14
Environmental Engineers	$65,118	-25.9%	8
Biochemists and Biophysicists	$62,532	-32.4%	20
Chemical Engineers	$62,178	-43.6%	14
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$61,200	-20.1%	9
Microbiologists	$58,002	-18.5%	8
Biological Scientists, All Other	$57,270	-21.1%	40
Geographers	$55,890	N/A	6
Soil and Plant Scientists	$55,590	-12.4%	32
Chemists	$55,008	-15.8%	69
Life Scientists, All Other	$52,008	N/A	12

BLS Wage Survey Data - Tennessee

Independent Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey - all workers, not just sponsored positions.

BLS metro-level data is not available for this area. Showing state-level data for Tennessee.

Occupation	BLS Median Wage	Employment
Family Medicine Physicians	$229,050	2,520
Neurologists	$228,350	290
Podiatrists	$213,180	80
Nurse Anesthetists	$203,400	2,360
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$178,730	520
Pediatricians, General	$176,150	910
Orthodontists	$174,830	N/A
Chief Executives	$173,870	5,360
Physicists	$173,660	260
Law Teachers, Postsecondary	$171,280	190

Salary Trend in Oak Ridge, TN

Median DOL-filed salary by fiscal year

Cost of Living Comparison

Oak Ridge, TN has a cost of living index of 90.3, which is 9.7% less expensive than the national average. A salary of $100,000 here has the purchasing power equivalent of $110,742 in an average-cost city.

Top-Paying Occupations - COL-Adjusted

Job Title	Median Salary	COL-Adjusted Equivalent
Natural Sciences Managers	$170,004	$188,266
Nuclear Engineers	$96,504	$106,870
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$88,002	$97,455
Engineers, All Other	$87,701	$97,122
Mechanical Engineers	$82,020	$90,831

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Popular Salary Pages in Oak Ridge, TN

Materials Scientists Physicists Chemists Nuclear Engineers Biological Scientists, All Other

Source: US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) public disclosure files (PERM Form ETA-9089 and LCA Form ETA-9035), and US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Salary figures represent employer filings and government survey estimates, not individual worker pay.

Salaries in Oak Ridge, TN