High paying creative and media jobs in Tennessee

Every creative and media occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Tennessee. 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 Tennessee run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Tennessee salary is worth about 1.09× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Tennessee.

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

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OccupationMedian, Tennessee · Employed

1Producers and Directors$73,020
Bachelor's degree
$36,120 – $132,6102,920
2Interior Designers$63,660
Bachelor's degree
$40,240 – $101,4601,530
3Public Relations Specialists$60,900
Bachelor's degree
$37,450 – $98,3703,380
4Editors$59,550
Bachelor's degree
$37,600 – $105,0101,390
5Writers and Authors$58,870
Bachelor's degree
$38,720 – $100,9101,260
6Graphic Designers$57,270
Bachelor's degree
$37,910 – $92,5403,880
7Audio and Video Technicians$49,970
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,830 – $84,3901,640
8Coaches and Scouts$37,780
Bachelor's degree
$22,990 – $81,0806,250
9Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$34,500
High school diploma or equivalent
$28,780 – $45,9404,710

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

#	Occupation	MedianTennessee	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Producers and DirectorsBachelor's degree	$73,020	$36,120 – $132,610	2,920
2	Interior DesignersBachelor's degree	$63,660	$40,240 – $101,460	1,530
3	Public Relations SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$60,900	$37,450 – $98,370	3,380
4	EditorsBachelor's degree	$59,550	$37,600 – $105,010	1,390
5	Writers and AuthorsBachelor's degree	$58,870	$38,720 – $100,910	1,260
6	Graphic DesignersBachelor's degree	$57,270	$37,910 – $92,540	3,880
7	Audio and Video TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$49,970	$32,830 – $84,390	1,640
8	Coaches and ScoutsBachelor's degree	$37,780	$22,990 – $81,080	6,250
9	Merchandise Displayers and Window TrimmersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$34,500	$28,780 – $45,940	4,710

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Tennessee. 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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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Tennessee to rank honestly.

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