Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,282
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$27,638
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$102,991
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
$122,920
Kept after tax
$95,282
Worth in national money
$102,991
State rank
18
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Tennessee pays this job around $122,920 at the midpoint, 18 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Tennessee reports, this job comes in at 23 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $122,920 you keep $95,282 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $102,991 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $123,490, since top earners drag the number up.
- For electronics engineers, except computer the Tennessee median is $122,920, ranking 18 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Electronics engineers, except computer ranks 23 of 491 occupations by median in Tennessee, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Tennessee is $95,282 after the full tax stack, from $122,920. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $102,991 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $123,490 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $157,770 |
| This salary | $122,920 |
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 | $95,282 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,282 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,939 |
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 | $122,920 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,022 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $122,920 as a midpoint for Tennessee, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $84,370 and the ninetieth is $157,770 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Tennessee's $95,282, worked from $122,920. 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 23 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $102,991 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 23.
- The Tennessee median of $122,920 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $84,370 to $157,770. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Tennessee take-home of $95,282, on $122,920 for work ranking 23 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 23 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $102,991, worked from $122,920, 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 23 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $84,370 and the top tenth $157,770, so most people doing this work in Tennessee sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $102,991 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $95,282 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($84,370 to $157,770) 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 $102,991 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 $95,282 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.