Millwrights in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,844
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$9,966
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,039
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
$61,810
Kept after tax
$51,844
Worth in national money
$56,039
State rank
36
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee is among the lower-paying states for millwrights. The middle earner takes $61,810, ranking 36 of 48 states — about 5.92% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Millwrights ranks 184 among 491 occupations Tennessee publishes pay for.
- Tennessee is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,810 the take-home is $51,844; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $56,039 would nationally. The average lands at $60,670, below the middle of the range.
- Tennessee ranks 36 of 48 for millwrights, with a median of $61,810 — about 5.92% 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.
- Position 184 of 491 in Tennessee places millwrights 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.
- Post-tax income for millwrights in Tennessee, on $61,810, is $51,844 — equivalent to $56,039 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 $60,670 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,880 |
| This salary | $61,810 |
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 | $51,844 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,844 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,687 |
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 | $61,810 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,250 |
| 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 $61,810. The published range is $45,100 up to $75,880, 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 $51,844, worked from $61,810. 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 184 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,039 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 184.
- Reported values are medians; for millwrights in Tennessee the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,100 to $75,880. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Tennessee take-home of $51,844, on $61,810 for work ranking 184 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 184 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,039, worked from $61,810, 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 184 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $45,100 and the top tenth $75,880, 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 $56,039.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $51,844 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 ($45,100 to $75,880) 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 $56,039 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 $51,844 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.