Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,756
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$9,944
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,943
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
$61,700
Kept after tax
$51,756
Worth in national money
$55,943
State rank
34
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $61,700, ranking 34 of 49 states — about 6.9% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 185 among 491 occupations Tennessee publishes pay for.
- Tennessee is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,700 the take-home is $51,756; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $55,943 would nationally. The average comes to $62,030, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Tennessee ranks 34 of 49 for career/technical education teachers, secondary school, with a median of $61,700 — about 6.9% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 185 of 491 in Tennessee places career/technical education teachers, secondary school in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Tennessee, on $61,700, is $51,756 — equivalent to $55,943 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 $62,030 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,450 |
| This salary | $61,700 |
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 | $51,756 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,756 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,683 |
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 | $61,700 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,245 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Tennessee earn under $61,700 and half over. The published range runs $49,480 at the tenth percentile to $77,450 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Tennessee the take-home figure of $51,756, from $61,700, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 185 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $55,943, the adjusted value of that $61,700 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Tennessee. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 185 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for career/technical education teachers, secondary school in Tennessee, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,480 to $77,450; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Tennessee is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $51,756 from $61,700. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 185 of 491 locally.
- This $55,943 adjusted figure, worked from $61,700, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 185 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 185 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $49,480 at the tenth percentile, $77,450 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Tennessee is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $55,943 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $51,756 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,480 to $77,450) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Tennessee rather than a national figure.
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 $55,943 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 $51,756 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.