Education Administrators, All Other in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$92,075
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$26,255
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$99,525
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
$118,330
Kept after tax
$92,075
Worth in national money
$99,525
State rank
3
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Tennessee's middle earner gets $118,330, putting the state 3 of 49 — about 24.3% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Tennessee. It ranks 27 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Tennessee does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $118,330 you keep $92,075, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $99,525 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $114,860, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For education administrators, all other, Tennessee sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $118,330, ranking 3 of 49 and running about 24.3% 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, education administrators, all other ranks 27 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.
- After federal, FICA and Tennessee income tax, retained pay for education administrators, all other on $118,330 is $92,075. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $99,525 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $114,860 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $118,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $159,650 |
| This salary | $118,330 |
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 | $92,075 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $92,075 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,773 |
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 | $118,330 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,684 |
| 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 education administrators, all other in Tennessee earn under $118,330 and half over. The published range runs $67,550 at the tenth percentile to $159,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Tennessee's $92,075, worked from $118,330. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 27 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $99,525 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 27.
- Figures are distribution medians for education administrators, all other in Tennessee, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $67,550 to $159,650; 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.
- The Tennessee take-home of $92,075, on $118,330 for work ranking 27 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 27 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $99,525, worked from $118,330, 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 27 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $67,550, the highest tenth $159,650, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $99,525 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $92,075 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($67,550) and the ninetieth ($159,650) 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 $99,525 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 $92,075 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.