Marketing Managers salary in Knoxville, TN

Median pay for marketing managers in Knoxville, TN: $128,020/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $72,580 – $219,400 · about 910 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($127,800) by +$220 (+0%).

What it's really worth in Knoxville

With Knoxville's cost of living at 92 (US=100), that $128,020 has the buying power of about $138,799 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $66,715 · median home $367,158 · median rent $1,762/mo.

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How Knoxville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Knoxville, TN is 90th of the 183 metros we hold marketing managers wages for. Once Knoxville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 65th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Knoxville is one of the places where marketing managers gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Knoxville

A median home in Knoxville, TN costs $367,158 — about 2.9× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,762/mo works out at 17% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where marketing managers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Knoxville.

Metro	Median pay	vs Knoxville	Rent vs Knoxville
San Jose, CA	$217,300	+70%	2.1×
San Francisco, CA	$209,170	+63%	1.8×
Trenton, NJ	$202,000	+58%	1.5×
New York, NY	$176,530	+38%	2×

Same job elsewhere in TN

Metro	Median pay	vs Knoxville	Rent vs Knoxville
Memphis, TN	$132,720	+4%	0.8×
Nashville, TN	$130,460	+2%	1×
Chattanooga, TN	$127,190	−1%	0.9×
Kingsport, TN	$122,240	−5%	0.8×

Staying in TN keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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