What General and Operations Managers earn in Roane County, TN
According to the latest federal wage data for the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area, the median pay for General and Operations Managers in Roane County, TN is $104,590 a year, or $50.28 an hour. After federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare (and no state income tax), the paycheck shrinks to $82,130 a year, and rent, food and energy take another bite. The sections below walk through each step with the actual math for Roane County, TN.
The mean wage is $131,710, which is 25.9% above the median, a sign that a group of high earners lifts the average. The survey counts about 8,660 people working in this occupation across the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Roane County, TN has roughly 55,208 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for General and Operations Managers in the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $51,410 a year ($24.72 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $253,540 or more ($121.89 an hour). That is a gap of $202,130 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $67,350 at the 25th percentile and $166,850 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 4.9 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Employers quote this occupation by the hour or by the year, so here are both: $50.28 an hour or $104,590 a year at the median for Roane County, TN. Before any deductions, that is $8,716 a month, $4,023 every two weeks and $2,011 each week. After taxes the same job pays $39.49 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: General and Operations Managers
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of General and Operations Managers this way: "Plan, direct, or coordinate the operations of public or private sector organizations, overseeing multiple departments or locations. Duties and responsibilities include formulating policies, managing daily operations, and planning the use of materials and human resources, but are too diverse and general in nature to be classified in any one functional area of management or administration, such as personnel, purchasing, or administrative services. Usually manage through subordinate supervisors. Excludes First-Line Supervisors."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Direct and coordinate activities of businesses or departments concerned with the production, pricing, sales, or distribution of products"; "Review financial statements, sales or activity reports, or other performance data to measure productivity or goal achievement or to identify areas needing cost reduction or program improvement"; "Direct administrative activities directly related to making products or providing services"; "Prepare staff work schedules and assign specific duties".
Job outlook for General and Operations Managers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to grow from 3,599,000 jobs in 2025 to 3,780,300 in 2035, a change of +5%, faster than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 285,000 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 7.9% of current employment each year.
Typical entry-level education: bachelor's degree. Work experience in a related occupation: 5 years or more. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $105,770 for this occupation; the Roane County, TN median of $104,590 is 1.1% below it.
How pay in Roane County, TN compares
Compared with the Tennessee average
Pay in Roane County, TN runs $1,826 below the Tennessee average of $106,416, a gap of 1.7%. A worker who moved to a better-paying part of Tennessee would, on paper, gain that difference before taxes. Within Tennessee, the highest median we track for this job is $119,990 in Davidson County, TN.
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for General and Operations Managers is $110,123 across the contiguous United States. At $104,590, Roane County, TN pays $5,533 less, which is 5.0% below that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Roane County, TN
Among the 471 occupations with published wages in Roane County, TN, General and Operations Managers ranks number 41 by median pay, ahead of about 91% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Registered Nurses at $77,240 a year, which is $27,350 less than the median for General and Operations Managers.
From gross pay to take-home pay
Three separate tax bills sit between the gross salary and the bank account: federal income tax, FICA, and state income tax. For General and Operations Managers earning the Roane County, TN median of $104,590, they add up to $22,460. The result is $82,130 of take-home pay a year ($6,844 a month), based on a single filer using the standard deduction.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $21 goes to taxes and $79 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 21.5%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $88,840. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 22% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $14,459, an effective 13.8% of gross pay, well below the 22% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $6,485 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $1,517. FICA totals $8,001, which is 7.7% of gross pay.
State income tax in Tennessee
Tennessee does not tax wage income, so the state income tax line for General and Operations Managers in Roane County, TN is $0. That alone leaves more in the paycheck than the same salary would in a state with an income tax. For scale, a hypothetical flat 5% state tax on this salary would cost about $5,230 a year, so the absence of a state tax is worth roughly $436 a month.
A cross-check with IRS data for Roane County, TN
IRS Statistics of Income data for Roane County, TN show an average adjusted gross income of $78,274 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 11.5% across all filers. Filers in the $100,000 to under $200,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 10.9%, compared with the 13.8% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Roane County, TN
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Roane County, TN: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $82,130 of take-home pay.
Rent
Housing is the largest line in most budgets. For Roane County, TN, HUD sets the Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom unit at $862 a month ($10,344 a year), and at $1,048 for two bedrooms. For General and Operations Managers, a one-bedroom absorbs 12.6% of take-home pay and 9.9% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 3.3% of gross pay for General and Operations Managers in Roane County, TN. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Tennessee residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $1,313 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $421, for $1,733 in total. Gasoline in Tennessee averages $3.08 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,426.
What is left over
Rent, food, energy and gasoline cost $16,939 a year in Roane County, TN. Subtract that from $82,130 of take-home pay and $65,191 remains, which is $5,433 a month of breathing room. That margin equals 62.3% of gross pay, a comfortable cushion by common budgeting rules.
Local housing and commute data for Roane County, TN
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Roane County, TN: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Roane County, TN, set beside the Tennessee and national medians.
Property taxes in Roane County, TN
Homeowners in Roane County, TN pay a median of $1,223 a year in real estate taxes, 15% below the Tennessee median of $1,442 and 61% below the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $232,900, the median tax bill is 0.53% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local General and Operations Managers median of $104,590, a tax bill of that size would equal 1.2% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Roane County, TN
Renters in Roane County, TN pay a median gross rent of $785 a month in the Census survey, 34% below the Tennessee median of $1,189. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $862 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $232,900, 19% below the Tennessee median of $286,700. Median household income is $71,885, 3% above the Tennessee median of $69,595, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 14.4% of that income.
Commuting in Roane County, TN
Workers in Roane County, TN who travel to a workplace spend an average of 28.4 minutes each way, 11% above the Tennessee average of 25.7. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 4.7 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 8.9% of workers in Roane County, TN work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can General and Operations Managers afford to live in Roane County, TN?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $104,590 that ceiling is $2,615 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $862 is $1,753 under it, so rent fits the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $16.58 an hour; the median for General and Operations Managers is $50.28, which is 203% above that mark. Another way to see it: at $39.49 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 5.0 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $1,048 a month means $524 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $4,056 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $69,247.
How fast you can save
At $5,433 a month of margin, building a $10,000 emergency fund would take about 2 months. Setting aside half of the margin stretches the same goal to about 4 months. These figures ignore interest, raises and any spending beyond the four basics.
Frequently asked questions about General and Operations Managers pay in Roane County, TN
How much do General and Operations Managers make per hour in Roane County, TN?
The median is $50.28 per hour, based on $104,590 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $24.72 at the 10th percentile to $121.89 at the 90th percentile.
How much do General and Operations Managers take home after taxes in Roane County, TN?
After federal income tax, FICA, the median salary of $104,590 becomes $82,130 a year. That is $6,844 a month, $3,159 every two weeks or $1,579 a week.
How much tax do General and Operations Managers pay in Roane County, TN?
Total taxes are $22,460 a year, an effective rate of 21.5%: $14,459 federal income tax, $8,001 FICA and no Tennessee income tax.
Do General and Operations Managers earn more in Roane County, TN than elsewhere in Tennessee?
No. The local median of $104,590 is -1.7% versus the Tennessee average of $106,416, a difference of $1,826 a year.
Can General and Operations Managers afford a one-bedroom apartment in Roane County, TN?
A one-bedroom costs $862 a month against take-home pay of $6,844, which is 12.6% of take-home pay. That meets the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $2,615 a month.
What is the monthly budget margin for General and Operations Managers in Roane County, TN?
About $5,433 a month ($65,191 a year) remains after a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline, which together cost $16,939 a year.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Roane County, TN at the 30% guideline?
$16.58 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $10,344 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for General and Operations Managers is $50.28.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the Knoxville, TN metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Tennessee rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.