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Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters salary in Tennessee

The median explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in Tennessee earns $74,190 a year, 21% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,085 a month.

10th percentile
$37,400
25th percentile
$44,720
Median percentile
$74,190
75th percentile
$81,870
90th percentile
$122,450

Based on 70 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$61,023 take-home a year
Gross pay$74,190
Federal income tax−$7,492
Social Security + Medicare−$5,676
Tennessee income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$5,085
Every two weeks$2,347

Does it go far here?

$80,755Median pay in Tennessee is worth this at average US prices (local price level 91.9 vs 100).
23%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,189 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Tennessee

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$610,080
Anesthesiologists$330,620
Physicians, All Other$301,290
General Internal Medicine Physicians$232,220
Family Medicine Physicians$226,830
Dentists, General$215,290
Nurse Anesthetists$211,450
Chief Executives$198,830

All explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters salaries · Take-home pay in Tennessee