Managers, All Other in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,779
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$20,651
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,153
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
$99,430
Kept after tax
$78,779
Worth in national money
$85,153
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee is among the lower-paying states for managers, all other. The middle earner takes $99,430, ranking 49 of 51 states — about 29.93% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Tennessee reports, managers, all other comes in at 48 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Tennessee is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $99,430 the take-home is $78,779; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $85,153 would nationally. The average comes to $110,830, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Tennessee ranks 49 of 51 for managers, all other, with a median of $99,430 — about 29.93% 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.
- Managers, all other ranks 48 of 491 occupations by median in Tennessee, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for managers, all other in Tennessee, on $99,430, is $78,779 — equivalent to $85,153 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $110,830 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Managers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $181,270 |
| This salary | $99,430 |
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 | $78,779 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,779 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,083 |
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 | $99,430 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,641 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $99,430 as a midpoint for Tennessee, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,210 and the ninetieth is $181,270 — 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 $78,779, worked from $99,430. 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 48 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $85,153 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 48.
- The Tennessee median of $99,430 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,210 to $181,270. 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 $78,779, on $99,430 for work ranking 48 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 48 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $85,153, worked from $99,430, 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 48 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 $110,830 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $49,210 at the bottom tenth to $181,270 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $85,153 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $78,779 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.
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 $110,830. 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 ($49,210) and the ninetieth ($181,270) 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 $85,153 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 $78,779 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.