Chief Executives Salary in Nashville, TN

Chief Executives pay range in Nashville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $83,260 a year or less, while the top 10% make $487,440 or more. The middle half of chief executives in Nashville earn between $132,960 and $330,300.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Chief Executives salary after taxes in Nashville

On the average salary of $262,270, a single filer in Nashville takes home about $191,237 a year, or $15,936 a month and $7,355 every two weeks. Taxes take 27% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

Is Nashville a good place for chief executives? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Nashville area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.3), so the average $262,270 buys what about $272,239 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 4.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Nashville ($50,390). A typical home costs $455,958, or 1.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Chief Executives salary in other Tennessee cities

Nashville ranks 1st of 10 Tennessee metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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Highest-paying cities for chief executives

Medford, OR pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($503,650).

Chief Executives salary by city

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• General and Operations Managers$141,450 a year
• Financial Managers$178,230 a year
• Computer and Information Systems Managers$174,270 a year
• Architectural and Engineering Managers$171,290 a year
• Purchasing Managers$162,910 a year
• Marketing Managers$152,150 a year
• Sales Managers$150,230 a year
• Human Resources Managers$149,320 a year

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