Motorcycle Mechanics in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,186
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$7,114
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,437
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
$47,300
Kept after tax
$40,186
Worth in national money
$43,437
State rank
26
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Tennessee is 26 of 45 states for motorcycle mechanics, with a middle wage of $47,300. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Tennessee, this sits in the middle: 318 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 $47,300 you keep $40,186, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $43,437 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $47,940, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Tennessee ranks 26 of 45 for motorcycle mechanics at $47,300. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Motorcycle mechanics ranks 318 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 motorcycle mechanics on $47,300 is $40,186. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $43,437 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 $47,940 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Motorcycle Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,570 |
| This salary | $47,300 |
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 | $40,186 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,186 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,083 |
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 | $47,300 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,519 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,300 as a midpoint for Tennessee, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,740 and the ninetieth is $60,570 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Tennessee the take-home figure of $40,186, from $47,300, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 318 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $43,437, the adjusted value of that $47,300 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Tennessee. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 318 of 491 locally.
- The Tennessee median of $47,300 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,740 to $60,570. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Tennessee is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,186 from $47,300. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 318 of 491 locally.
- This $43,437 adjusted figure, worked from $47,300, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 318 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 318 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,740 at the tenth percentile, $60,570 at the ninetieth.
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 $43,437 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $40,186 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 ($35,740 to $60,570) 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 $43,437 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 $40,186 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.