47-2131 - BLS OEWS 2025
Insulation workers wages in Tennessee
The BLS reported a $23.28 median hourly wage for insulation workers in Tennessee in 2025. This page is generated only because that exact state-and-trade cell exists in the official OEWS data.
Important: These are worker wages, not contractor billing rates - a contractor's quote adds overhead, insurance, equipment, and margin.
Median hourly wage
$23.28
BLS OEWS 2025
10th-90th percentile
$16.78-$34.37
Hourly worker wage range.
Employment
1,160
State employment estimate.
Median-wage rank
#29
of 48 jurisdictions with this trade.
What is unique in this BLS cell
State premium
Tennessee's median is -$0.17 per hour below the median state record for insulation workers ($23.45).
Labor-market size
This state ranks #10 by BLS employment among generated insulation workers records, with 1,160 workers reported.
Trend
Median hourly pay moved from $13.50 in 2019 to $23.28 in 2025, a +72% change.
2019-2025 median wage trend
| Year | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $13.50 |
| 2020 | $13.95 |
| 2021 | $14.41 |
| 2022 | $17.31 |
| 2023 | $17.91 |
| 2024 | $21.72 |
| 2025 | $23.28 |
Same trade, large BLS labor markets
More Tennessee wage cells
No other Tennessee wage detail page is in the pending subset.
Source and limitation
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS), OEWS 2019-2025. This page uses only the published BLS row for Insulation workers in Tennessee. It does not estimate missing cells, interpolate suppressed values, or convert worker wages into contractor quotes.