Physicians, All Other in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$215,985
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$85,305
28.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$233,459
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
$301,290
Kept after tax
$215,985
Worth in national money
$233,459
State rank
18
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Tennessee pays physicians, all other around $301,290 at the midpoint, 18 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Tennessee this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, physicians, all other ranks 1 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $301,290 you keep $215,985 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $233,459 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $312,220, since top earners drag the number up.
- For physicians, all other the Tennessee median is $301,290, ranking 18 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Tennessee publishes a median for, physicians, all other sits 1 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Tennessee is $215,985 after the full tax stack, from $301,290. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $233,459 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $312,220 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Physicians, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $101,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $301,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $503,430 |
| This salary | $301,290 |
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 | $215,985 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $215,985 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$11,195 |
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 | $301,290 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$17,365 |
| 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 physicians, all other in Tennessee earn under $301,290 and half over. The published range runs $101,560 at the tenth percentile to $503,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Tennessee's $215,985, worked from $301,290. 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 1 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $233,459, the adjusted value of that $301,290 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 1 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for physicians, all other in Tennessee, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $101,560 to $503,430; 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.
- The Tennessee take-home of $215,985, on $301,290 for work ranking 1 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 1 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $233,459 — the adjusted value of that $301,290 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 1 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $312,220 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $101,560 and the top tenth $503,430 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $233,459 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $215,985 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Tennessee is $312,220. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($101,560) and the ninetieth ($503,430) 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 $233,459 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 $215,985 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.