First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,524
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$10,866
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,017
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
$66,390
Kept after tax
$55,524
Worth in national money
$60,017
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Tennessee pays this job around $66,390 at the midpoint, 24 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Tennessee reports figures for, this is number 150.
- Here is where Tennessee does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $66,390 you keep $55,524, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $60,017 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $72,130, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers the Tennessee median is $66,390, ranking 24 of 51 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.
- In Tennessee's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers sits at 150 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Tennessee income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers on $66,390 is $55,524. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $60,017 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 $72,130 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,790 |
| This salary | $66,390 |
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 | $55,524 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,524 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,878 |
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 | $66,390 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,960 |
| 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 office and administrative support workers in Tennessee earn under $66,390 and half over. The published range runs $43,650 at the tenth percentile to $103,790 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $55,524 take-home in Tennessee comes from $66,390. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 150 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $60,017, the adjusted value of that $66,390 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 150 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers in Tennessee, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,650 to $103,790; 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.
- Retained pay of $55,524, from $66,390, assumes a single Tennessee filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 150 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $60,017 — the adjusted value of that $66,390 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 150 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $72,130, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $43,650 at the bottom tenth to $103,790 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $60,017 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $55,524 survives, because Tennessee levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 $72,130. 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 ($43,650) and the ninetieth ($103,790) 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 $60,017 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 $55,524 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.