First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,551
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$6,959
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,751
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
$46,510
Kept after tax
$39,551
Worth in national money
$42,751
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Tennessee is 31 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $46,510. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Tennessee reports figures for, this is number 325.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,510 you keep $39,551 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,751 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,970, since top earners drag the number up.
- Tennessee ranks 31 of 51 for first-line supervisors of personal service workers at $46,510. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Tennessee's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of personal service workers sits at 325 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.
- Retained pay in Tennessee is $39,551 after the full tax stack, from $46,510. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,751 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,970 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,130 |
| This salary | $46,510 |
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 | $39,551 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,551 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,050 |
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 | $46,510 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,479 |
| 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 personal service workers in Tennessee earn under $46,510 and half over. The published range runs $33,450 at the tenth percentile to $75,130 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,551 take-home in Tennessee comes from $46,510. 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 325 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,751, the adjusted value of that $46,510 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 325 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of personal service workers in Tennessee, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,450 to $75,130; 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 $39,551, from $46,510, 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 325 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $42,751 — the adjusted value of that $46,510 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 325 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 $50,970, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $33,450 at the bottom tenth to $75,130 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Tennessee sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $42,751 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $39,551 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $50,970. 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 ($33,450) and the ninetieth ($75,130) 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 $42,751 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 $39,551 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.