First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,046
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$15,284
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,389
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
$81,330
Kept after tax
$66,046
Worth in national money
$71,389
State rank
9
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $81,330, which ranks 9 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 6.45% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Tennessee reports, this job comes in at 89 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $81,330 you keep $66,046 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $71,389 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $85,120, since top earners drag the number up.
- Tennessee ranks 9 of 50 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other, at $81,330 — about 6.45% 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.
- First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other ranks 89 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 $66,046 after the full tax stack, from $81,330. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $71,389 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $85,120 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,050 |
| This salary | $81,330 |
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 | $66,046 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,046 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,423 |
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 | $81,330 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,729 |
| 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 protective service workers, all other in Tennessee earn under $81,330 and half over. The published range runs $50,330 at the tenth percentile to $130,050 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $66,046 take-home in Tennessee comes from $81,330. 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 89 of 491.
- Two cautions on $71,389, the adjusted value of that $81,330 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Tennessee. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 89 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other in Tennessee, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,330 to $130,050; 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 $66,046, from $81,330, 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 89 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 50 for it.
- This $71,389 adjusted figure, worked from $81,330, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 89 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 89 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 $85,120, 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 $50,330 at the bottom tenth to $130,050 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $71,389.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $66,046 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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.
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 $85,120. 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 ($50,330) and the ninetieth ($130,050) 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 $71,389 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 $66,046 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.