Dietitians and Nutritionists in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,401
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$11,219
16.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,964
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
$67,620
Kept after tax
$56,401
Worth in national money
$60,964
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Tennessee pays dietitians and nutritionists a middle wage of $67,620, 37 of 51 states and about 11.49% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Tennessee reports figures for, this is number 147.
- Tennessee is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $67,620 the take-home is $56,401; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $60,964 would nationally. The average comes to $67,910, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Tennessee's $67,620 median for dietitians and nutritionists places it 37 of 51 states, about 11.49% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Tennessee's occupational distribution, dietitians and nutritionists sits at 147 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for dietitians and nutritionists in Tennessee, on $67,620, is $56,401 — equivalent to $60,964 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 $67,910 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dietitians and Nutritionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $67,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,200 |
| This salary | $67,620 |
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 | $56,401 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,401 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,924 |
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 | $67,620 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,038 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $67,620 as a midpoint for Tennessee, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,860 and the ninetieth is $90,200 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $56,401 take-home in Tennessee comes from $67,620. 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 147 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $60,964 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 147.
- The Tennessee median of $67,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,860 to $90,200. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $56,401, from $67,620, 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 147 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $60,964, worked from $67,620, 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 147 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $40,860 at the bottom tenth to $90,200 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $60,964 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $56,401 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($40,860) and the ninetieth ($90,200) 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 $60,964 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 $56,401 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.