Compared with the local labor market
Physician pay vs. Tennessee
Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Physicians, All Other — about 5,340 people — is $301,290. Labor & Workforce Development pays a median base salary of $170,810 for this role, 43% below that figure — about the 23rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Labor & Workforce Development sits in the local pay range
$101,560
$181,200
$301,290
$426,850
$503,430
Labor & Workforce Development median · $170,810
The bar is the range of annual wages for Physicians, All Other across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Labor & Workforce Development’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Physicians, All Other — about 342,720 people — is $265,930. Labor & Workforce Development’s median base salary is 36% below that national figure, about the 35th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$69,170
$102,930
$265,930
$378,770
$452,360
Labor & Workforce Development median · $170,810
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Tennessee range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Labor & Workforce Development is $170,810, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across Tennessee
Physician is held in 4 Tennessee departments. In Labor & Workforce Development, the median of $170,810 ranks #4 of 4.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Physician role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Physician beyond Tennessee
This role is reported in 11 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $218,842 ranks #2 of 11. See Physician across all of Tennessee →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Physicianroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.