General and Operations Managers in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,083
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$22,887
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,886
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
$106,970
Kept after tax
$84,083
Worth in national money
$90,886
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Tennessee pays this job around $106,970 at the midpoint, 20 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Tennessee this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 38 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Tennessee does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $106,970 you keep $84,083, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $90,886 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $132,520, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For general and operations managers the Tennessee median is $106,970, ranking 20 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Tennessee publishes a median for, general and operations managers sits 38 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.
- After federal, FICA and Tennessee income tax, retained pay for general and operations managers on $106,970 is $84,083. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $90,886 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 $132,520 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: General and Operations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $106,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $230,660 |
| This salary | $106,970 |
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 | $84,083 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,083 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,358 |
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 | $106,970 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,020 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $106,970 as a midpoint for Tennessee, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,820 and the ninetieth is $230,660 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Tennessee's $84,083, worked from $106,970. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 38 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $90,886, the adjusted value of that $106,970 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 38 of 491 in the state.
- The Tennessee median of $106,970 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,820 to $230,660. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Tennessee take-home of $84,083, on $106,970 for work ranking 38 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 38 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $90,886 — the adjusted value of that $106,970 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 38 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 $132,520, 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 $50,820 and the top tenth $230,660 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $90,886.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $84,083 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $132,520. 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 ($50,820) and the ninetieth ($230,660) 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 $90,886 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 $84,083 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.