High paying management jobs in Chattanooga, TN-GA

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Chattanooga, TN-GA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management 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 Chattanooga, TN-GA run 8.5% below the national average (2024), so a Chattanooga, TN-GA 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.

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, Chattanooga, TN-GA · Employed

1Chief Executives$209,990
Bachelor's degree
$68,220 – $481,650440
2Architectural and Engineering Managers$163,720
Bachelor's degree
$106,330 – $216,960370
3Computer and Information Systems Managers$152,980
Bachelor's degree
$86,230 – $228,830660
4Financial Managers$151,530
Bachelor's degree
$84,480 – $293,8901,280
5Administrative Services Managers$130,540
Bachelor's degree
$73,520 – $201,030670
6Human Resources Managers$129,900
Bachelor's degree
$83,960 – $199,520320
7Marketing Managers$124,360
Bachelor's degree
$78,760 – $206,800460
8Purchasing Managers$123,750
Bachelor's degree
$89,200 – $174,970100
9Industrial Production Managers$121,670
Bachelor's degree
$79,090 – $186,160680
10Sales Managers$118,720
Bachelor's degree
$62,300 – $216,820990
11Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$104,690
Master's degree
$77,220 – $142,040490
12Facilities Managers$103,570
Bachelor's degree
$65,490 – $156,520210
13General and Operations Managers$102,920
Bachelor's degree
$48,370 – $226,9504,690
14Medical and Health Services Managers$102,920
Bachelor's degree
$68,180 – $205,4001,150
15Education Administrators, Postsecondary$102,160
Master's degree
$64,490 – $300,820120
16Construction Managers$101,640
Bachelor's degree
$62,390 – $179,570380
17Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$95,640
High school diploma or equivalent
$54,630 – $186,490380
18Managers, All Other$91,300
Bachelor's degree
$49,860 – $167,4801,320
19Social and Community Service Managers$78,400
Bachelor's degree
$55,190 – $123,810240
20Food Service Managers$63,720
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,790 – $100,290460
21Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$63,680
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,920 – $117,940330

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

#	Occupation	MedianChattanooga, TN-GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Chief ExecutivesBachelor's degree	$209,990	$68,220 – $481,650	440
2	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$163,720	$106,330 – $216,960	370
3	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$152,980	$86,230 – $228,830	660
4	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$151,530	$84,480 – $293,890	1,280
5	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$130,540	$73,520 – $201,030	670
6	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$129,900	$83,960 – $199,520	320
7	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$124,360	$78,760 – $206,800	460
8	Purchasing ManagersBachelor's degree	$123,750	$89,200 – $174,970	100
9	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$121,670	$79,090 – $186,160	680
10	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$118,720	$62,300 – $216,820	990
11	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$104,690	$77,220 – $142,040	490
12	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$103,570	$65,490 – $156,520	210
13	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$102,920	$48,370 – $226,950	4,690
14	Medical and Health Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$102,920	$68,180 – $205,400	1,150
15	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$102,160	$64,490 – $300,820	120
16	Construction ManagersBachelor's degree	$101,640	$62,390 – $179,570	380
17	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$95,640	$54,630 – $186,490	380
18	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$91,300	$49,860 – $167,480	1,320
19	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$78,400	$55,190 – $123,810	240
20	Food Service ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,720	$41,790 – $100,290	460
21	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,680	$45,920 – $117,940	330

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Chattanooga, TN-GA. 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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