Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,753
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$13,897
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,830
Tennessee costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Tennessee — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$76,650
Kept after tax
$62,753
Worth in national money
$67,830
State rank
28
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $76,650, ranking 28 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Tennessee reports, this job comes in at 116 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Tennessee is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $76,650 the take-home is $62,753; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,830 would nationally. The average lands at $71,720, below the middle of the range.
- Tennessee occupies the middle band for cardiovascular technologists and technicians: a median of $76,650, ranking 28 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Cardiovascular technologists and technicians ranks 116 of 491 occupations by median in Tennessee, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for cardiovascular technologists and technicians in Tennessee, on $76,650, is $62,753 — equivalent to $67,830 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $71,720 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,970 |
| This salary | $76,650 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Tennessee | $62,753 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,753 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,253 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $76,650 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,493 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Tennessee earn less than $76,650. The published range is $39,600 up to $103,970, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $62,753 take-home in Tennessee comes from $76,650. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 116 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,830 uses one figure for the whole of Tennessee. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 116.
- Reported values are medians; for cardiovascular technologists and technicians in Tennessee the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,600 to $103,970. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $62,753, from $76,650, assumes a single Tennessee filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 116 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,830, worked from $76,650, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Tennessee address, on work sitting at 116 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $71,720 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $39,600 at the bottom tenth to $103,970 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $67,830.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $62,753 of this wage reaches your account, because Tennessee takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Tennessee is $71,720. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,600) and the ninetieth ($103,970) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Tennessee's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $67,830 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Tennessee levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $62,753 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.