Pay and cost of living in Knox County, TN
Knox County, TN is part of the Knoxville, TN labor market, and this page summarizes 10 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $33,305 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is General and Operations Managers at $104,590, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $27,720.
A one-bedroom apartment in Knox County, TN has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,178 a month and a two-bedroom $1,475. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $20,731 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $38,638 a year, and every one of the 10 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Knox County, TN or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Knox County, TN
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Knox County, TN, set beside the Tennessee and national medians.
Median household income in Knox County, TN is $74,222, 7% above the Tennessee median of $69,595 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($14,136) equals 19.0% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $33,305, is 55% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Knox County, TN pay a median of $1,367 a year in real estate taxes, 5% below the Tennessee median of $1,442. With a median home value of $320,900, 12% above the Tennessee median of $286,700, the ratio of the two medians is 0.43% a year.
Renters in Knox County, TN pay a median gross rent of $1,261 a month in the Census survey, 6% above the Tennessee median of $1,189. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,178; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Knox County, TN who travel to a workplace spend an average of 22.2 minutes each way, 14% below the Tennessee average of 25.7. 14.4% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.