Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,790
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$5,550
14.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,523
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
$39,340
Kept after tax
$33,790
Worth in national money
$36,523
State rank
39
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $39,340, ranking 39 of 50 states — about 14.33% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Tennessee this is lower-paid work. Of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 399. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $39,340 you keep $33,790 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,523 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $40,050, since top earners drag the number up.
- Tennessee ranks 39 of 50 for interviewers, except eligibility and loan, with a median of $39,340 — about 14.33% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Against every occupation Tennessee reports, interviewers, except eligibility and loan ranks 399 of 491, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Tennessee is $33,790 after the full tax stack, from $39,340. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,523 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $40,050 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,500 |
| This salary | $39,340 |
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 | $33,790 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,790 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,751 |
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 | $39,340 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,118 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Tennessee earn less than $39,340. The published range is $27,420 up to $49,500, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Tennessee's $33,790, worked from $39,340. 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 399 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,523, the adjusted value of that $39,340 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 399 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for interviewers, except eligibility and loan in Tennessee the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $27,420 to $49,500. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Tennessee take-home of $33,790, on $39,340 for work ranking 399 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 399 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $36,523 — the adjusted value of that $39,340 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 399 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $27,420 and the top tenth $49,500, so most people doing this work in Tennessee sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,523.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $33,790 of this wage reaches your account, because Tennessee takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,420 to $49,500) 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 $36,523 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 $33,790 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.