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Traffic Technicians · SOC 53-6041

Traffic Technicians Salary in the Nashville-Davidson Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area

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

Median annual wage$47,670
Median hourly wage$22.92

Traffic Technicians in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area earned a median of $47,670 per year ($22.92 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $46,760 at the 10th percentile to $62,140 at the 90th.

Pay distribution

Half of Traffic Technicians in the Nashville-Davidson metro area earn more than $47,670 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,880 and $60,990.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$46,760$46,880$47,670$60,990$62,140
Hourly$22.48$22.54$22.92$29.32$29.88

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

  • Nashville-Davidson metro areathis metro area
    $47,670
  • Tennesseestate (TN)
    $44,970
  • United Statesnational
    $59,090

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

The median here is +6% vs Tennessee overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$34,670$54,017$73,363$92,710Akron, OH — $34,670McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $35,450Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $37,890Knoxville, TN — $44,090New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $44,250Chattanooga, TN-GA — $44,690Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $44,780Wichita, KS — $45,210Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $45,580San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $45,620Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,670Albuquerque, NM — $48,120Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $50,300Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $51,000New Haven, CT — $51,120Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $51,510Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $52,430Kansas City, MO-KS — $52,520Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $53,090Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $53,500Springfield, MO — $55,500Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $56,470St. Louis, MO-IL — $56,720Columbia, SC — $57,080Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $57,130Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $58,820Birmingham, AL — $60,730Oklahoma City, OK — $60,750Toledo, OH — $60,780Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $62,300Boise City, ID — $62,710Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $63,230Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $65,190Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $66,040Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $67,010Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $67,450Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $70,100Columbus, OH — $75,420Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $77,540Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $78,180Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $78,640New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $81,910Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $84,650San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $85,100San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $92,710

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 Nashville-Davidson metro area has the 35th-highest published median for this occupation among the 45 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 traffic technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Nashville-Davidson metro areathis page
    $47,670
  • Memphis metro area
    $44,780
  • Chattanooga metro area
    $44,690
  • Knoxville metro area
    $44,090

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$39,790Stockers and Order Fillers$38,190Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$60,630Light Truck Drivers$44,970Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$44,600First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$62,900

Highest-paying metro areas for traffic technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Nashville-Davidson 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.