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Knoxville, TN

Knoxville, TN rolls up 41 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $103,210 median H-1B wage; Professional & Technical Services currently leads the local roster.

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41
Employers
$103,210
Median H-1B wage
659
H-1B filings

Knoxville, TN: 41 tracked employers at a $103,210 median H-1B wage across 659 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Knoxville, TN (TN), PlainEmployers rolls up 41 employers at a $103,210 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 41 employers
  • $103,210 median H-1B
  • 659 H-1B LCAs

Where Knoxville, TN's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$103,210 Top 69% higher than 31% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). This entry sits in this band. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Knoxville, TN $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Knoxville, TN (41 employers) sits beside Nashville, TN, Memphis, TN, Franklin, TN in TN's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Knoxville, TN ranks #294 of 6906 by employer count (about the 96th percentile).

Nashville, TN 180 Memphis, TN 119 Franklin, TN 66 Chattanooga, TN 59 Collierville, TN 41 Brentwood, TN 32
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceInformation & MediaEducational ServicesAdministrative & Waste Services

What the data says about Knoxville, TN

Corpus placement: Knoxville, TN ranks #294 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 96th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 11 of 41 tracked employers (~27%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Information & Media. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Avant Healthcare Professionals, LLC., and The University Of Tennessee (326 filings combined, ~49% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Knoxville, TN: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.

Headline sponsors: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Avant Healthcare Professionals, LLC., and The University Of Tennessee, together 326 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are currently mapped to employers with a worksite in Knoxville, TN in this corpus, a cleaner local stability read than metros where large sponsors have filed reductions.

Same-state context for Knoxville, TN: Nashville, TN (180 employers); Memphis, TN (119 employers); Franklin, TN (66 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

Employer mix in Knoxville, TN

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services leads Knoxville, TN at ~27% of employers, with 6 other sectors still material in the mix.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Knoxville, TN

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterEducational Services125$75,252
2Avant Healthcare Professionals, LLC.Administrative & Waste Services124$75,046
3The University Of TennesseeEducational Services77$89,528
4Fox Cable Network Services, LLCInformation & Media43$159,135
5Covant Solutions, INC.Professional & Technical Services41$109,845
6Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.Utilities35$97,614
7Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.24$133,745
8Medhaz Corp.Professional & Technical Services22$90,896
9Pilot Travel Centers LLCRetail Trade20$139,742
10Eureka Infotech INCProfessional & Technical Services18$97,230
11Petadigit LLCProfessional & Technical Services17$109,845
12Occidental Petroleum CorporationMining & Extraction16$180,000
13Cloud Big Data Technologies LLCProfessional & Technical Services12$92,539
14Cambridge Systematics, Inc.Professional & Technical Services11$116,500
15Intupoint, INC.Professional & Technical Services10$132,000
16Limsons IT Services LLCProfessional & Technical Services7$89,274
17Techno Tasks, IncProfessional & Technical Services6$112,923
18EvolutionIQ, LLC5$189,592
19U.S. Cellular CorporationInformation & Media4$128,870
20Research Triangle InstituteProfessional & Technical Services4$123,707
21University Health System, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance4$428,750
22America's Collectibles Network, Inc.Information & Media3$87,125
23Ameriteam Services, LLCHealthcare & Social Assistance3$132,350
24Byte Wave Technologies INCProfessional & Technical Services3$47,840
25Helen Ross McNabb Center, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance3$51,090
Sources, citation, and related links for Knoxville, TN

Disclaimer: The Knoxville, TN overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Knoxville, TN from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.