Logisticians in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,975
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$12,305
17.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,747
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
$71,280
Kept after tax
$58,975
Worth in national money
$63,747
State rank
48
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for logisticians is on the low side in Tennessee. The middle earner gets $71,280. That is 48 of 51 states, and about 13.41% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Tennessee, this sits in the middle: 138 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Tennessee does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $71,280 you keep $58,975, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $63,747 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $76,910, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For logisticians, Tennessee sits in the lower band at $71,280, ranking 48 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 13.41%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Logisticians ranks 138 of 491 occupations in Tennessee by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Tennessee income tax, retained pay for logisticians on $71,280 is $58,975. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $63,747 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 $76,910 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Logisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,700 |
| This salary | $71,280 |
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 | $58,975 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,975 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,057 |
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 | $71,280 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,223 |
| 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 $71,280. The published range is $42,730 up to $127,700, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $58,975 take-home in Tennessee comes from $71,280. 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 138 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $63,747, the adjusted value of that $71,280 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 138 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for logisticians in Tennessee the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,730 to $127,700. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $58,975, from $71,280, 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 138 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 48 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $63,747 — the adjusted value of that $71,280 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 138 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $76,910 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $42,730, the highest tenth $127,700, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Tennessee sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $63,747 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $58,975 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $76,910. 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 ($42,730) and the ninetieth ($127,700) 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 $63,747 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 $58,975 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.