Social and Community Service Managers in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,907
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$17,333
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,644
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
$88,240
Kept after tax
$70,907
Worth in national money
$76,644
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Tennessee pays this job a middle wage of $88,240, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 9.76% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Tennessee reports, this job comes in at 70 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Tennessee does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $88,240 you keep $70,907, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $76,644 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $93,430, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Tennessee's median for social and community service managers is $88,240, about 9.76% above the national figure and 8 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Social and community service managers ranks 70 of 491 occupations by median in Tennessee, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Tennessee income tax, retained pay for social and community service managers on $88,240 is $70,907. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $76,644 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 $93,430 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Social and Community Service Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $137,510 |
| This salary | $88,240 |
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 | $70,907 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,907 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,675 |
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 | $88,240 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,077 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $88,240 as a midpoint for Tennessee, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,990 and the ninetieth is $137,510 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Tennessee the take-home figure of $70,907, from $88,240, 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 70 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $76,644, the adjusted value of that $88,240 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 70 of 491 locally.
- The Tennessee median of $88,240 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,990 to $137,510. 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 $70,907 from $88,240. 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 70 of 491 locally.
- This $76,644 adjusted figure, worked from $88,240, 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 70 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 70 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $93,430, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $58,990, the highest tenth $137,510, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $76,644 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $70,907 survives, because Tennessee levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $93,430. 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 ($58,990) and the ninetieth ($137,510) 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 $76,644 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 $70,907 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.