Chiropractors in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,917
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$16,073
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,412
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
$83,990
Kept after tax
$67,917
Worth in national money
$73,412
State rank
13
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for chiropractors is strong here. Tennessee's middle earner gets $83,990, putting the state 13 of 48 — about 6.05% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Tennessee. It ranks 82 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Tennessee is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $83,990 the take-home is $67,917; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $73,412 would nationally. The average comes to $87,960, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For chiropractors, Tennessee sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $83,990, ranking 13 of 48 and running about 6.05% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Tennessee, chiropractors ranks 82 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for chiropractors in Tennessee, on $83,990, is $67,917 — equivalent to $73,412 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 $87,960 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Chiropractors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $117,950 |
| This salary | $83,990 |
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 | $67,917 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,917 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,520 |
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 | $83,990 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,863 |
| 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 $83,990. The published range is $60,560 up to $117,950, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $67,917 take-home in Tennessee comes from $83,990. 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 82 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $73,412 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 82.
- Reported values are medians; for chiropractors in Tennessee the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,560 to $117,950. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $67,917, from $83,990, 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 82 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $73,412, worked from $83,990, 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 82 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 $87,960 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $60,560 at the bottom tenth to $117,950 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $73,412.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $67,917 survives, because Tennessee levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $87,960. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($60,560 to $117,950) 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 $73,412 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 $67,917 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.