Floral Designers in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,283
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$4,937
13.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,814
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
$36,220
Kept after tax
$31,283
Worth in national money
$33,814
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Tennessee pays floral designers around $36,220 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 491 occupations Tennessee publishes, floral designers lands at 430. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Tennessee does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $36,220 you keep $31,283, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $33,814 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $36,590, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For floral designers the Tennessee median is $36,220, ranking 25 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.
- Within Tennessee, this work ranks 430 of 491 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Tennessee income tax, retained pay for floral designers on $36,220 is $31,283. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $33,814 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 $36,590 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Floral Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,220 |
| Top tenth earn over | $46,590 |
| This salary | $36,220 |
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 | $31,283 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,283 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,622 |
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 | $36,220 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,961 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,220 as a midpoint for Tennessee, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $26,870 and the ninetieth is $46,590 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Tennessee the take-home figure of $31,283, from $36,220, 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 430 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $33,814, the adjusted value of that $36,220 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 430 of 491 locally.
- The Tennessee median of $36,220 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $26,870 to $46,590. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Tennessee is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,283 from $36,220. 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 430 of 491 locally.
- This $33,814 adjusted figure, worked from $36,220, 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 430 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 430 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $26,870 and the top tenth $46,590, so most people doing this work in Tennessee sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $33,814 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $31,283 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?
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($26,870 to $46,590) 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 $33,814 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 $31,283 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.