Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,696
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$7,484
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,070
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
$49,180
Kept after tax
$41,696
Worth in national money
$45,070
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Tennessee pays this job around $49,180 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 289 among 491 occupations Tennessee publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $49,180 you keep $41,696 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $45,070 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $59,680, since top earners drag the number up.
- For health technologists and technicians, all other the Tennessee median is $49,180, ranking 30 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.
- Position 289 of 491 in Tennessee places health technologists and technicians, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Tennessee is $41,696 after the full tax stack, from $49,180. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $45,070 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $59,680 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,740 |
| This salary | $49,180 |
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 | $41,696 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,696 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,161 |
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 | $49,180 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,614 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,180 as a midpoint for Tennessee, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,660 and the ninetieth is $89,740 — 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 $41,696, worked from $49,180. 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 289 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,070 uses one figure for the whole of Tennessee. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 289.
- The Tennessee median of $49,180 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,660 to $89,740. 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 $41,696, on $49,180 for work ranking 289 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 289 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,070, worked from $49,180, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Tennessee address, on work sitting at 289 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 $59,680, 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 $37,660 and the top tenth $89,740 — 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 $45,070.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $41,696 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.
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 $59,680. 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 ($37,660) and the ninetieth ($89,740) 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 $45,070 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 $41,696 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.