Mechanical Door Repairers in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,793
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$7,997
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,336
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
$51,790
Kept after tax
$43,793
Worth in national money
$47,336
State rank
23
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee sits in the middle of the pack for mechanical door repairers. The median is $51,790, ranking 23 of 45 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Mechanical door repairers ranks 255 among 491 occupations Tennessee publishes pay for.
- Here is where Tennessee does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $51,790 you keep $43,793, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $47,336 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $51,320, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Tennessee occupies the middle band for mechanical door repairers: a median of $51,790, ranking 23 of 45. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 255 of 491 in Tennessee places mechanical door repairers 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.
- After federal, FICA and Tennessee income tax, retained pay for mechanical door repairers on $51,790 is $43,793. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $47,336 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 $51,320 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Mechanical Door Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,720 |
| This salary | $51,790 |
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 | $43,793 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,793 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,270 |
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 | $51,790 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,745 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of mechanical door repairers in Tennessee earn under $51,790 and half over. The published range runs $39,540 at the tenth percentile to $65,720 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $43,793 take-home in Tennessee comes from $51,790. 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 255 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,336 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 255.
- Figures are distribution medians for mechanical door repairers in Tennessee, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,540 to $65,720; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $43,793, from $51,790, 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 255 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,336, worked from $51,790, 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 255 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,540 at the bottom tenth to $65,720 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $47,336.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $43,793 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,540 to $65,720) 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 $47,336 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 $43,793 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.