A same-metric difference from the U.S. median is unavailable for this row. The row could not be ranked because the matching median was unavailable. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Tennessee was 91.9, or 8.1% below the national price level. Its housing index was 79.1.
National-price-dollar proxy
Not available
WageScope divides the published Chemical Engineers median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 17-2041 and BLS area 47.
Questions, answered
Chemical Engineers pay in Tennessee: common questions
What is the median wage for Chemical Engineers in Tennessee?
BLS did not publish a median for Chemical Engineers in Tennessee in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is Chemical Engineers pay higher in Tennessee than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Tennessee with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Tennessee?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Chemical Engineers jobs does BLS estimate in Tennessee?
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What the Chemical Engineers median says in Tennessee
BLS did not publish an exact median for Chemical Engineers in Tennessee in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is Not published. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 17-2041 and BLS area 47.
BLS lists 480 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is Not published. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Tennessee's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 17-2041 and area 47. SOC 17-2041 names Chemical Engineers. Area 47 names Tennessee. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 17-2041/47 row reports 480 wage and salary jobs, 0.15 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.09 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 17-2041/47, the annual median is Not published, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
17-2041/47 10th percentile: Not published.
17-2041/47 25th percentile: Not published.
17-2041/47 median: Not published.
17-2041/47 75th percentile: Not published.
17-2041/47 90th percentile: Not published.
17-2041/47 employment RSE: 1.6%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
17-2041/47 suppression marks: annualMean: not available, annualMedian: not available, annualP10: not available, annualP25: not available, annualP75: not available, annualP90: not available, hourlyMean: not available, hourlyMedian: not available, hourlyP10: not available, hourlyP25: not available, hourlyP75: not available, hourlyP90: not available, meanRse: not available.
BLS area 47 facts behind this Chemical Engineers page
Area 47 reports 3,278,760 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $60,800. Its annual median is $47,380. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 17-2041 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Tennessee runs from $28,600 at the 10th percentile to $103,130 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $35,830. The median is $47,380. The 75th percentile is $71,050. This is a place check, not a pay range for Chemical Engineers.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 47. They do not show related skills or a path into Chemical Engineers.
1. Area 47, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 105,870 jobs, $38,160 annual median, 32.29 jobs per 1,000, and 1.7 location quotient.
2. Area 47, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 90,690 jobs, $27,470 annual median, 27.66 jobs per 1,000, and 1.12 location quotient.
3. Area 47, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 87,380 jobs, $31,950 annual median, 26.65 jobs per 1,000, and 1.06 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Tennessee wage ladder for Chemical Engineers
The 10th percentile is Not published. The 25th percentile is Not published. The median is Not published. The 75th percentile is Not published. The 90th percentile is Not published.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from Not published to Not published. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Tennessee has a annual median of Not published. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $125,040 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Tennessee. Tennessee cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Tennessee has no exact published median that can enter this Chemical Engineers pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other states and territories may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Tennessee without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 17-2041. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
Where Chemical Engineers medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 17-2041, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. New Mexico has the highest published median in this set, at $158,190 per year. Tennessee sits at Not published.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Chemical Engineers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. New Mexico has a Chemical Engineers median of $158,190 per year, or not available. BLS lists 160 jobs there, compared with 480 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 1.33.
2. Virginia has a Chemical Engineers median of $136,380 per year, or not available. BLS lists 790 jobs there, compared with 480 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 1.42.
3. Alabama has a Chemical Engineers median of $135,030 per year, or not available. BLS lists 600 jobs there, compared with 480 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 2.08.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Chemical Engineers jobs
Texas has the largest published state job estimate for Chemical Engineers in this same-source set, at 2,610 jobs. Tennessee has 480. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. Texas has 2,610 estimated Chemical Engineers jobs, a gap of 2,130 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $132,750 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.37.
2. Massachusetts has 1,460 estimated Chemical Engineers jobs, a gap of 980 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $118,000 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.96.
3. Ohio has 1,030 estimated Chemical Engineers jobs, a gap of 550 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $111,200 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.37.
Local-share leaders
Where Chemical Engineers takes the largest share of local jobs
Delaware has the highest published location quotient in this state set, at 5.59. Tennessee has 1.09. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Chemical Engineers is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Delaware has a location quotient of 5.59, a gap of 4.50 from Tennessee. BLS lists 370 Chemical Engineers jobs and a median of $133,670 per year, or not available.
2. Massachusetts has a location quotient of 2.96, a gap of 1.87 from Tennessee. BLS lists 1,460 Chemical Engineers jobs and a median of $118,000 per year, or not available.
3. Louisiana has a location quotient of 2.8, a gap of 1.71 from Tennessee. BLS lists 730 Chemical Engineers jobs and a median of $134,800 per year, or not available.
Job scale and share
How common Chemical Engineers is in Tennessee
BLS lists 480 Chemical Engineers jobs in Tennessee. It also lists 0.15 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 1.09. A value of 1 means Chemical Engineers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Chemical Engineers beside other roles in Tennessee
The all-occupations median in Tennessee is $47,380 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Chemical Engineers median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Tennessee still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Chemical Engineers from another role's number.
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Tennessee table, at 105,870 jobs. Chemical Engineers has 480 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 3,278,760. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Chemical Engineers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 105,870 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 105,390 from Chemical Engineers. Its median is $38,160 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.7.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 90,690 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 90,210 from Chemical Engineers. Its median is $27,470 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.12.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Tennessee
General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Tennessee role table, at $106,970 per year. Chemical Engineers has Not published. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $47,380 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $106,970 per year in Tennessee, or not available. BLS lists 63,720 jobs, compared with 480 for Chemical Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.86.
2. Registered Nurses has a median of $81,500 per year in Tennessee, or not available. BLS lists 72,200 jobs, compared with 480 for Chemical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.01.
3. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $76,840 per year in Tennessee, or not available. BLS lists 27,340 jobs, compared with 480 for Chemical Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.89.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Tennessee
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has the highest location quotient in the bounded Tennessee role table, at 2.06. Chemical Engineers has 1.09. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Chemical Engineers with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 2.06 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.97 from Chemical Engineers. BLS lists 41,810 jobs and a median of $39,940 per year, or not available.
2. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.98 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.89 from Chemical Engineers. BLS lists 58,760 jobs and a median of $44,630 per year, or not available.
3. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has a location quotient of 1.7 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.61 from Chemical Engineers. BLS lists 105,870 jobs and a median of $38,160 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Tennessee
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Chemical Engineers in Tennessee because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 91.9 for Tennessee. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 17-2041.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
The employment RSE for this Chemical Engineers row is 1.6%. The mean-wage RSE is Not published. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 480 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the Not published mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Chemical Engineers. It uses a Tennessee place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the Not published BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Chemical Engineers row for Tennessee does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 480 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.09 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 91.9 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 17-2041 in BLS area 47. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 480 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 47, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 72,200 jobs, $81,500 annual median, 22.02 jobs per 1,000, and 1.01 location quotient.
5. Area 47, SOC 53-3032, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers: 64,890 jobs, $58,620 annual median, 19.79 jobs per 1,000, and 1.49 location quotient.
6. Area 47, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 63,720 jobs, $106,970 annual median, 19.44 jobs per 1,000, and 0.86 location quotient.
4. Louisiana has a Chemical Engineers median of $134,800 per year, or not available. BLS lists 730 jobs there, compared with 480 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 2.8.
5. Delaware has a Chemical Engineers median of $133,670 per year, or not available. BLS lists 370 jobs there, compared with 480 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 5.59.
6. Texas has a Chemical Engineers median of $132,750 per year, or not available. BLS lists 2,610 jobs there, compared with 480 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 1.37.
7. West Virginia has a Chemical Engineers median of $129,210 per year, or not available. BLS lists 160 jobs there, compared with 480 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 1.65.
8. New York has a Chemical Engineers median of $129,060 per year, or not available. BLS lists 540 jobs there, compared with 480 in Tennessee. The location quotient is 0.41.
4. Pennsylvania has 810 estimated Chemical Engineers jobs, a gap of 330 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $116,970 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.98.
5. Virginia has 790 estimated Chemical Engineers jobs, a gap of 310 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $136,380 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.42.
6. Louisiana has 730 estimated Chemical Engineers jobs, a gap of 250 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $134,800 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 2.8.
7. Colorado has 720 estimated Chemical Engineers jobs, a gap of 240 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $125,800 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.84.
8. Indiana has 720 estimated Chemical Engineers jobs, a gap of 240 jobs from Tennessee. Its median is $113,160 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.66.
4. Alabama has a location quotient of 2.08, a gap of 0.99 from Tennessee. BLS lists 600 Chemical Engineers jobs and a median of $135,030 per year, or not available.
5. Colorado has a location quotient of 1.84, a gap of 0.75 from Tennessee. BLS lists 720 Chemical Engineers jobs and a median of $125,800 per year, or not available.
6. Connecticut has a location quotient of 1.8, a gap of 0.71 from Tennessee. BLS lists 410 Chemical Engineers jobs and a median of $102,270 per year, or not available.
7. Arkansas has a location quotient of 1.66, a gap of 0.57 from Tennessee. BLS lists 290 Chemical Engineers jobs and a median of $105,270 per year, or not available.
8. Indiana has a location quotient of 1.66, a gap of 0.57 from Tennessee. BLS lists 720 Chemical Engineers jobs and a median of $113,160 per year, or not available.
3. Retail Salespersons has 87,380 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 86,900 from Chemical Engineers. Its median is $31,950 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.06.
4. Registered Nurses has 72,200 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 71,720 from Chemical Engineers. Its median is $81,500 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.01.
5. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 64,890 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 64,410 from Chemical Engineers. Its median is $58,620 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.49.
6. General and Operations Managers has 63,720 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 63,240 from Chemical Engineers. Its median is $106,970 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.86.
7. Cashiers has 63,350 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 62,870 from Chemical Engineers. Its median is $28,590 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.97.
8. Stockers and Order Fillers has 60,130 jobs in Tennessee, a gap of 59,650 from Chemical Engineers. Its median is $36,140 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.01.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $66,390 per year in Tennessee, or not available. BLS lists 49,870 jobs, compared with 480 for Chemical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.65.
5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $61,630 per year in Tennessee, or not available. BLS lists 23,850 jobs, compared with 480 for Chemical Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.91.
6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $59,980 per year in Tennessee, or not available. BLS lists 28,240 jobs, compared with 480 for Chemical Engineers. Its location quotient is 0.96.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $58,620 per year in Tennessee, or not available. BLS lists 64,890 jobs, compared with 480 for Chemical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.49.
8. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has a median of $48,180 per year in Tennessee, or not available. BLS lists 37,680 jobs, compared with 480 for Chemical Engineers. Its location quotient is 1.3.
4. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a location quotient of 1.65 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.56 from Chemical Engineers. BLS lists 49,870 jobs and a median of $66,390 per year, or not available.
5. Light Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.63 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.54 from Chemical Engineers. BLS lists 33,710 jobs and a median of $45,050 per year, or not available.
6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.49 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.40 from Chemical Engineers. BLS lists 64,890 jobs and a median of $58,620 per year, or not available.
7. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has a location quotient of 1.3 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.21 from Chemical Engineers. BLS lists 37,680 jobs and a median of $48,180 per year, or not available.
8. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 1.14 in Tennessee, a gap of 0.05 from Chemical Engineers. BLS lists 26,250 jobs and a median of $45,000 per year, or not available.
Precise employer-title matches for Chemical Engineers in Tennessee
Filtered through MeritLog's approved Tennessee place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
