Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,791
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$9,219
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,739
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
$58,010
Kept after tax
$48,791
Worth in national money
$52,739
State rank
37
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,010, ranking 37 of 46 states — about 12.46% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Tennessee reports figures for, this is number 227.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $58,010 you keep $48,791 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,739 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $57,980.
- Tennessee ranks 37 of 46 for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists, with a median of $58,010 — about 12.46% 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.
- In Tennessee's occupational distribution, probation officers and correctional treatment specialists sits at 227 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.
- Retained pay in Tennessee is $48,791 after the full tax stack, from $58,010. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,739 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $57,980 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,470 |
| This salary | $58,010 |
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 | $48,791 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,791 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,529 |
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 | $58,010 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,059 |
| 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 $58,010. The published range is $45,610 up to $69,470, 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 $48,791, worked from $58,010. 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 227 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,739, the adjusted value of that $58,010 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 227 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in Tennessee the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,610 to $69,470. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Tennessee take-home of $48,791, on $58,010 for work ranking 227 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 227 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $52,739 — the adjusted value of that $58,010 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 227 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,610 at the bottom tenth to $69,470 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $52,739 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $48,791 of this wage reaches your account, because Tennessee takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,610 to $69,470) 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 $52,739 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 $48,791 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.