Traffic Technicians Salary in Knoxville, TN

Traffic Technicians pay range in Knoxville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $44,080 a year or less, while the top 10% make $60,990 or more. The middle half of traffic technicians in Knoxville earn between $44,080 and $47,670.

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

Traffic Technicians salary after taxes in Knoxville

On the average salary of $47,850, a single filer in Knoxville takes home about $40,627 a year, or $3,386 a month and $1,563 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% 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 traffic technicians? 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 $47,850 buys what about $51,691 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Knoxville ($47,080). A typical home costs $367,158, or 7.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Traffic Technicians salary in other Tennessee cities

Knoxville ranks 3rd of 4 Tennessee metro areas for this job; Nashville pays the most ($52,230).

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Highest-paying cities for traffic technicians

San Francisco, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($85,710).

Traffic Technicians salary by city

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