High paying creative and media jobs in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

Every creative and media occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single creative and media job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA run 13.6% below the national average (2024), so a Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA salary is worth about 1.16× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA · Employed

1Public Relations Specialists$59,960
Bachelor's degree
$31,570 – $97,32090
2Writers and Authors$57,600
Bachelor's degree
$26,150 – $82,23040
3Graphic Designers$49,570
Bachelor's degree
$34,450 – $74,230100
4Producers and Directors$43,480
Bachelor's degree
$36,820 – $77,25050
5Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys$39,470
Bachelor's degree
$25,810 – $63,07040
6Coaches and Scouts$38,960
Bachelor's degree
$25,810 – $61,520110
7Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$35,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,260 – $48,470240
8Floral Designers$30,260
High school diploma or equivalent
$23,850 – $44,28040

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianKingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Public Relations SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$59,960	$31,570 – $97,320	90
2	Writers and AuthorsBachelor's degree	$57,600	$26,150 – $82,230	40
3	Graphic DesignersBachelor's degree	$49,570	$34,450 – $74,230	100
4	Producers and DirectorsBachelor's degree	$43,480	$36,820 – $77,250	50
5	Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc JockeysBachelor's degree	$39,470	$25,810 – $63,070	40
6	Coaches and ScoutsBachelor's degree	$38,960	$25,810 – $61,520	110
7	Merchandise Displayers and Window TrimmersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$35,290	$28,260 – $48,470	240
8	Floral DesignersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$30,260	$23,850 – $44,280	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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