Cleveland, TN metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Cleveland Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Cleveland, TN metro area

Figures describe the Cleveland, TN metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Cleveland city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (1 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 198 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Cleveland, TN metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$221,420	$106.45	40
2	Chief Executives	$140,930	$67.76	40
3	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$139,420	$67.03	50
4	Lawyers	$131,980	$63.45	60
5	Financial Managers	$131,860	$63.40	130
6	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$125,380	$60.28	70
7	Pharmacists	$124,160	$59.69	120
8	Sales Managers	$123,610	$59.43	130
9	Dentists, General	$122,910	$59.09	40
10	Marketing Managers	$114,570	$55.08	60
11	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$109,730	$52.76	80
12	Human Resources Managers	$107,470	$51.67	40
13	Nurse Practitioners	$107,360	$51.62	170
14	Industrial Production Managers	$105,780	$50.86	170
15	Electrical Engineers	$104,280	$50.14	70
16	Software Developers	$102,600	$49.33	110
17	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$99,640	Not published	100
18	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$99,130	$47.66	60
19	Industrial Engineers	$96,360	$46.33	120
20	Administrative Services Managers	$96,140	$46.22	80
21	Construction Managers	$94,900	$45.62	60
22	Medical and Health Services Managers	$94,780	$45.57	160
23	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$93,910	$45.15	60
24	General and Operations Managers	$92,800	$44.61	690
25	Managers, All Other	$86,720	$41.69	160

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Cleveland metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.