Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,189
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$6,871
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,360
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
$46,060
Kept after tax
$39,189
Worth in national money
$42,360
State rank
37
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Tennessee pays this job a middle wage of $46,060, 37 of 49 states and about 3.8% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Tennessee reports figures for, this is number 336.
- Tennessee is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $46,060 the take-home is $39,189; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,360 would nationally. The average comes to $46,690, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Tennessee's $46,060 median for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics places it 37 of 49 states, about 3.8% 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.
- In Tennessee's occupational distribution, outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics sits at 336 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Tennessee, on $46,060, is $39,189 — equivalent to $42,360 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 $46,690 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,180 |
| This salary | $46,060 |
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 | $39,189 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,189 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,031 |
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 | $46,060 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,457 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,060 as a midpoint for Tennessee, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,400 and the ninetieth is $64,180 — 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 $39,189, worked from $46,060. 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 336 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,360 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 336.
- The Tennessee median of $46,060 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,400 to $64,180. 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 $39,189, on $46,060 for work ranking 336 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 336 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,360, worked from $46,060, 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 336 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $28,400 at the bottom tenth to $64,180 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $42,360 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $39,189 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?
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 ($28,400) and the ninetieth ($64,180) 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 $42,360 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 $39,189 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.