Materials Engineers Salary in Knoxville, TN

Materials Engineers pay range in Knoxville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $61,100 a year or less, while the top 10% make $130,330 or more. The middle half of materials engineers in Knoxville earn between $74,490 and $119,370.

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

Materials Engineers salary after taxes in Knoxville

On the average salary of $96,890, a single filer in Knoxville takes home about $76,992 a year, or $6,416 a month and $2,961 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

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

Is Knoxville a good place for materials engineers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Knoxville area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.6), so the average $96,890 buys what about $104,668 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Knoxville ($47,080). A typical home costs $367,158, or 3.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Materials Engineers salary in other Tennessee cities

Knoxville ranks 4th of 4 Tennessee metro areas for this job; Chattanooga pays the most ($108,340).

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Highest-paying cities for materials engineers

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($156,740).

Materials Engineers salary by city

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