How much do boilermakers make an hour in Knoxville, TN?

The median hourly wage is $24.72. The middle half earn between $24.72 and $50.66 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)

What do apprentice boilermakers make in Knoxville, TN?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.72 an hour ($51,410 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.72.

How much does a journeyman boilermaker make in Knoxville, TN?

BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $51,430 a year ($24.72 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $105,370–$110,660.

How does Knoxville pay compare with the rest of Tennessee?

The Knoxville median of $51,430 is 1% less than the Tennessee median of $51,810.

Boilermaker salary in Knoxville, TN

Updated September 27, 2026 with BLS data from May 2025

Boilermakers in the Knoxville, TN area earn a median of $51,430 a year, or $24.72 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $110,660 a year. Across all of Tennessee, the median is $51,810, so Knoxville pays 1% less than the state as a whole.

Median yearly pay$51,430

Bottom 10% under$51,410Top 10% over$110,660

Apprentice starting pay (estimate): $24.72/hr
Jobs in this area: 50
After cost of living: $55,560
Median hourly pay: $24.72/hr
vs U.S. median: −33%
vs Tennessee median: −1%

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (area 28940, Knoxville, TN). Excludes self-employed boilermakers. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024. *Starting pay is estimated from the 10th percentile; BLS does not report pay by license level.

Apprentice, journeyman and top boilermaker pay

Stage	Yearly pay	Hourly pay
Apprentice	$51,410–$51,430$24.72–$24.72/hr
Journeyman	$51,430$24.72/hr
Top earners	$105,370–$110,660$50.66–$53.20/hr

Estimated from BLS percentiles (10th–25th, median, 75th–90th); BLS does not report pay by license level.

How Knoxville, TN compares

Boilermakers are more concentrated in the Knoxville area than nationally: 0.1 of every 1,000 jobs, 1.7 times the U.S. share.
The 90th-percentile wage, $110,660, is 2.2 times the 10th-percentile wage, $51,410: a measure of how much pay rises with experience and specialty.

Other trades in Knoxville, TN

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Questions

How much do boilermakers make in Knoxville, TN?: Boilermakers in the Knoxville, TN area earn a median of $51,430 a year, or $24.72 an hour, according to May 2025 BLS data. The highest-paid 10% make over $110,660 a year.
How much do boilermakers make an hour in Knoxville, TN?: The median hourly wage is $24.72. The middle half earn between $24.72 and $50.66 an hour. (BLS, May 2025.)
What do apprentice boilermakers make in Knoxville, TN?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level. The 10th-percentile wage, $24.72 an hour ($51,410 a year), is a reasonable estimate of starting pay; the 25th percentile is $24.72.
How much does a journeyman boilermaker make in Knoxville, TN?: BLS doesn't report pay by license level, but the median, $51,430 a year ($24.72 an hour), is a fair estimate of typical journeyman pay. Master-level and top earners are closer to the 75th to 90th percentiles, $105,370–$110,660.
How does Knoxville pay compare with the rest of Tennessee?: The Knoxville median of $51,430 is 1% less than the Tennessee median of $51,810.

About this data

Wages are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for May 2025, occupation 47-2011 (Boilermakers), area code 28940 (Knoxville, TN). BLS counts wage and salary workers only, so self-employed boilermakers and business owners aren't included. The cost-of-living figure divides the median by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for 2024 (92.6, where the U.S. average is 100). Page updated September 27, 2026. How we calculate these figures