Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,581
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$5,989
14.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,460
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
$41,570
Kept after tax
$35,581
Worth in national money
$38,460
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $41,570, ranking 36 of 49 states — about 8.98% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Tennessee, this one sits low: 381 of 491 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $41,570 you keep $35,581 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $38,460 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $41,850, since top earners drag the number up.
- Tennessee ranks 36 of 49 for office and administrative support workers, all other, with a median of $41,570 — about 8.98% 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.
- Office and administrative support workers, all other occupies position 381 of 491 in Tennessee's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Tennessee is $35,581 after the full tax stack, from $41,570. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,460 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $41,850 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,630 |
| This salary | $41,570 |
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 | $35,581 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,581 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,844 |
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 | $41,570 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,231 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $41,570 as a midpoint for Tennessee, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $23,710 and the ninetieth is $59,630 — 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 $35,581, worked from $41,570. 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 381 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,460, the adjusted value of that $41,570 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 381 of 491 in the state.
- The Tennessee median of $41,570 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $23,710 to $59,630. 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 $35,581, on $41,570 for work ranking 381 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 381 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $38,460 — the adjusted value of that $41,570 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 381 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $23,710 and the top tenth $59,630 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $38,460 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $35,581 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($23,710) and the ninetieth ($59,630) 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 $38,460 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 $35,581 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.