Jobs in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area has 326 open job postings from 93 employers in our data. 11.3% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $89,500 a year, 0.9% are remote and 23% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $89,500 posted salary in the Nashville area buys about what $93,000 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 4% below the national average.
11.3% of open job postings list a pay range, 87th of 99 metro areas.
0.9% of postings are remote, 85th highest of 99 metro areas.
23% of open postings have been listed for more than 60 days (median 24 days), 81st highest of 99 metro areas.
The unemployment rate is 3.1%, 1 points below the median of the metro areas in this report.
Nashville compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
326open postings from 93 employers
11.3%list a pay range
$89,500median posted pay (middle half: $73,000 to $114,000)
0.9%remote
3.1%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$50,500official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
16.9%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 3.1% in 2026-08 (3% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across Tennessee, employers had 143,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 4.1% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 16.3% above its February 2020 level and 3.8% higher than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Franklin, TN
120
38
10.1%
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Murfreesboro, TN
59
23
n/a
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Brentwood, TN
29
13
n/a
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Mt Juliet, TN
18
7
n/a
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Hendersonville, TN
17
5
n/a
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Smyrna, TN
17
10
n/a
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La Vergne, TN
17
3
n/a
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Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Healthcare & Life Sciences
81
Other
56
Manufacturing & Industrial
46
Real Estate & Construction
44
Retail & E-commerce
39
Consulting & Professional Services
23
Financial Services
19
Employers with the most openings
Floor & Decor: 22 postings
LOENBRO: 21 postings
Loenbro: 21 postings
Boxlunch: 17 postings
IngramContentGroup1: 15 postings
Federal government hiring
33 federal job announcements open to the public list Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $112,500. Agencies hiring most: Federal Aviation Administration (15), Veterans Health Administration (9), Army National Guard Units (3), Internal Revenue Service (2), Department of Veterans Affairs Headquarters (2). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area run 4% below the national average, and housing runs 5% above it. The official median wage for all jobs is $50,500, which is worth $52,500 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $89,500 is worth $93,000.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
