First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,647
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$14,273
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,796
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
$77,920
Kept after tax
$63,647
Worth in national money
$68,796
State rank
34
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Tennessee pays this job a middle wage of $77,920, 34 of 50 states and about 16.69% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Tennessee this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 105 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Tennessee is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $77,920 the take-home is $63,647; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $68,796 would nationally. The average lands at $75,780, below the middle of the range.
- Tennessee's $77,920 median for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers places it 34 of 50 states, about 16.69% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Tennessee publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers sits 105 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Tennessee, on $77,920, is $63,647 — equivalent to $68,796 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 $75,780 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,250 |
| This salary | $77,920 |
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 | $63,647 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,647 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,299 |
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 | $77,920 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,557 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Tennessee earn under $77,920 and half over. The published range runs $45,680 at the tenth percentile to $100,250 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 $63,647, worked from $77,920. 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 105 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $68,796 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 105.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers in Tennessee, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,680 to $100,250; 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 $63,647, on $77,920 for work ranking 105 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 105 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $68,796, worked from $77,920, 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 105 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $45,680 at the tenth percentile, $100,250 at the ninetieth.
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 $68,796.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $63,647 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,680 to $100,250) 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 $68,796 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 $63,647 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.