Marketing Managers in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$101,481
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$30,509
23.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$109,692
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
$131,990
Kept after tax
$101,481
Worth in national money
$109,692
State rank
34
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Tennessee pays marketing managers a middle wage of $131,990, 34 of 48 states and about 20.86% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Tennessee. It ranks 15 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Tennessee does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $131,990 you keep $101,481, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $109,692 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $145,590, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Tennessee's $131,990 median for marketing managers places it 34 of 48 states, about 20.86% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Within Tennessee, marketing managers ranks 15 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Tennessee income tax, retained pay for marketing managers on $131,990 is $101,481. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $109,692 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 $145,590 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Marketing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $131,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $222,680 |
| This salary | $131,990 |
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 | $101,481 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,481 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,260 |
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 | $131,990 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,479 |
| 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 $131,990. The published range is $78,790 up to $222,680, 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 $101,481, worked from $131,990. 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 15 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $109,692, the adjusted value of that $131,990 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 15 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for marketing managers in Tennessee the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $78,790 to $222,680. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Tennessee take-home of $101,481, on $131,990 for work ranking 15 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 15 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $109,692 — the adjusted value of that $131,990 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 15 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $145,590, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $78,790, the highest tenth $222,680, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $109,692 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $101,481 survives, because Tennessee levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $145,590. 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 ($78,790) and the ninetieth ($222,680) 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 $109,692 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 $101,481 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.