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Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other · SOC 53-3099

Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other Salary in the Chattanooga Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area

Figures describe the Chattanooga, TN-GA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Chattanooga city limits.

Median annual wage$29,550
Median hourly wage$14.21

Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro area earned a median of $29,550 per year ($14.21 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $18,510 at the 10th percentile to $48,380 at the 90th. BLS estimates 210 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other in the Chattanooga metro area earn more than $29,550 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $22,170 and $40,260.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$18,510$22,170$29,550$40,260$48,380
Hourly$8.90$10.66$14.21$19.36$23.26

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Chattanooga metro areathis metro area
    $29,550
  • Tennesseestate (TN)
    $33,550
  • United Statesnational
    $37,180

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −12% vs Tennessee overall and −21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$20,800$38,790$56,780$74,770Paducah, KY-IL — $20,800Greensboro-High Point, NC — $20,820Grand Forks, ND-MN — $21,180Jackson, MS — $21,280Canton-Massillon, OH — $22,340Greenville, NC — $22,620Lexington-Fayette, KY — $25,020Evansville, IN — $25,670Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $25,770Lima, OH — $25,850Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $25,990Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $26,200Winston-Salem, NC — $27,260Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $27,530Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $27,900Toledo, OH — $27,990Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $28,310Fort Wayne, IN — $28,530Albany, GA — $28,550Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $28,850Raleigh-Cary, NC — $29,000Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $29,060Wilmington, NC — $29,070Akron, OH — $29,220Saginaw, MI — $29,230Green Bay, WI — $29,360Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $29,410Chattanooga, TN-GA — $29,550Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $29,590Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $29,650Jefferson City, MO — $29,760Bay City, MI — $29,790Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $29,900Springfield, MO — $29,920Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $30,360Knoxville, TN — $30,410Youngstown-Warren, OH — $30,470Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $30,540St. Cloud, MN — $30,690Columbus, OH — $30,860Bangor, ME — $30,880Flint, MI — $30,880Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $31,200Dover, DE — $31,200Peoria, IL — $31,200Omaha, NE-IA — $31,440Eugene-Springfield, OR — $31,500Corpus Christi, TX — $31,540Reno, NV — $31,740Manchester-Nashua, NH — $31,760Asheville, NC — $31,780Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $32,100Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $32,220Binghamton, NY — $32,240Pittsburgh, PA — $32,300St. Louis, MO-IL — $32,330McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $32,520Kansas City, MO-KS — $32,750Lancaster, PA — $32,790Cleveland, OH — $32,800Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $32,830Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $32,940Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $33,110Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $33,620Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $33,730Appleton, WI — $33,780Great Falls, MT — $33,780Tallahassee, FL — $33,840Port St. Lucie, FL — $33,860Madison, WI — $33,970North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $33,980Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $33,990Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $34,050Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $34,210Bismarck, ND — $34,230Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $34,230Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $34,270Ann Arbor, MI — $34,280Medford, OR — $34,320Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $34,460Portland-South Portland, ME — $34,570Grand Island, NE — $34,580Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $35,000Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $35,020Rochester, NY — $35,080Bend, OR — $35,100Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $35,220Syracuse, NY — $35,290Richmond, VA — $35,440Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $35,480Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $35,600Salem, OR — $35,670Albuquerque, NM — $35,770Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,980Grand Junction, CO — $36,180Missoula, MT — $36,190Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $36,340Baton Rouge, LA — $36,390Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $36,410Helena, MT — $36,410Jacksonville, FL — $36,410Lincoln, NE — $36,480Pueblo, CO — $36,540Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $36,570Fargo, ND-MN — $36,780Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $36,930Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $36,970Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $37,280Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,300Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $37,440Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $37,500Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,550Ocala, FL — $37,610Colorado Springs, CO — $37,670Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $37,730York-Hanover, PA — $38,100Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $38,160Utica-Rome, NY — $38,160Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $39,030Lubbock, TX — $39,110New Haven, CT — $39,320Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $39,610Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $39,610Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $39,720Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $39,760Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $40,800Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $41,360Greeley, CO — $41,680Billings, MT — $41,860Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $42,150El Paso, TX — $42,330Fresno, CA — $42,420Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $42,530San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $42,600Gainesville, FL — $43,270Warner Robins, GA — $43,320Boulder, CO — $43,390Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $43,730New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $44,050Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $44,180Killeen-Temple, TX — $44,300Visalia, CA — $45,290New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $45,850San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,770Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,870San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $48,230San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $50,140San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $51,420Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $52,520Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $52,540Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $53,050Birmingham, AL — $53,120Bozeman, MT — $53,750Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $56,880Oklahoma City, OK — $57,550Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $58,510Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $59,330Jacksonville, NC — $61,360Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $62,230Stockton-Lodi, CA — $62,460Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $62,910Chambersburg, PA — $64,150Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $64,600Urban Honolulu, HI — $64,800Salinas, CA — $71,140Vallejo, CA — $73,280Anchorage, AK — $74,710Savannah, GA — $74,770

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Chattanooga metro area has the 141st-highest published median for this occupation among the 168 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Tennessee

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for motor vehicle operators, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Chattanooga metro areathis page
    $29,550
  • Memphis metro area
    $35,600
  • Nashville-Davidson metro area
    $35,480
  • Knoxville metro area
    $30,410
  • Kingsport metro area
    $29,650

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$37,830Stockers and Order Fillers$34,410Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,440Light Truck Drivers$49,990Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$40,260First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$62,270

Highest-paying metro areas for motor vehicle operators, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Chattanooga Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.