First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,317
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$16,663
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,925
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
$85,980
Kept after tax
$69,317
Worth in national money
$74,925
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $85,980, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 1.76% above the national middle.
- Within Tennessee this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 75 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Tennessee is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $85,980 the take-home is $69,317; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $74,925 would nationally. The average comes to $97,510, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Tennessee ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers, at $85,980 — about 1.76% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Tennessee publishes a median for, first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers sits 75 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 non-retail sales workers in Tennessee, on $85,980, is $69,317 — equivalent to $74,925 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 $97,510 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $147,900 |
| This salary | $85,980 |
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 | $69,317 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,317 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,593 |
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 | $85,980 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,963 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Tennessee earn less than $85,980. The published range is $49,800 up to $147,900, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Tennessee the take-home figure of $69,317, from $85,980, 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 75 of 491 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $74,925, the adjusted value of that $85,980 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 75 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers in Tennessee the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,800 to $147,900. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Tennessee is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $69,317 from $85,980. 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 75 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $74,925 — the adjusted value of that $85,980 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 75 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $97,510, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $49,800 and the top tenth $147,900 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $74,925 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $69,317 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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.
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 $97,510. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($49,800) and the ninetieth ($147,900) 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 $74,925 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 $69,317 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.