Physicists Salary in Nashville, TN

Physicists pay range in Nashville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $64,900 a year or less, while the top 10% make $268,270 or more. The middle half of physicists in Nashville earn between $236,920 and $236,920.

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

Physicists salary after taxes in Nashville

On the average salary of $208,700, a single filer in Nashville takes home about $155,335 a year, or $12,945 a month and $5,974 every two weeks. Taxes take 26% 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 physicists? 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 $208,700 buys what about $216,633 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 4.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Nashville ($50,390). A typical home costs $455,958, or 2.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Physicists salary in other Tennessee cities

Nashville ranks 1st of 3 Tennessee metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Physicists salaries in Tennessee

Highest-paying cities for physicists

Miami, FL pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($245,010).

Physicists salary by city

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