Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,957
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$19,883
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,183
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
$96,840
Kept after tax
$76,957
Worth in national money
$83,183
State rank
38
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $96,840, ranking 38 of 48 states — about 6% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Tennessee. It ranks 57 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 $96,840 you keep $76,957, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $83,183 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $92,640, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Tennessee ranks 38 of 48 for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay, with a median of $96,840 — about 6% 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.
- Within Tennessee, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 57 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 electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay on $96,840 is $76,957. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $83,183 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 $92,640 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,080 |
| This salary | $96,840 |
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 | $76,957 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,957 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,989 |
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 | $96,840 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,510 |
| 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 electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Tennessee earn under $96,840 and half over. The published range runs $51,310 at the tenth percentile to $119,080 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Tennessee the take-home figure of $76,957, from $96,840, 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 57 of 491 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $83,183 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 57.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Tennessee, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,310 to $119,080; 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 $76,957 from $96,840. 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 57 of 491 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $83,183, worked from $96,840, 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 57 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 $92,640 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 $51,310 at the bottom tenth to $119,080 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 $83,183.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $76,957 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 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $92,640. 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 ($51,310 to $119,080) 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 $83,183 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 $76,957 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.