Training and Development Managers in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,975
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$27,055
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$101,578
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
$121,030
Kept after tax
$93,975
Worth in national money
$101,578
State rank
29
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Tennessee is 29 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $121,030. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Tennessee this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 25 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $121,030 you keep $93,975 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $101,578 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $131,910, since top earners drag the number up.
- Tennessee ranks 29 of 48 for training and development managers at $121,030. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Tennessee publishes a median for, training and development managers sits 25 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 $93,975 after the full tax stack, from $121,030. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $101,578 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $131,910 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Training and Development Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $121,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $200,970 |
| This salary | $121,030 |
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 | $93,975 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,975 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,871 |
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 | $121,030 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,903 |
| 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 training and development managers in Tennessee earn under $121,030 and half over. The published range runs $84,680 at the tenth percentile to $200,970 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 $93,975, worked from $121,030. 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 25 of 491.
- Two cautions on $101,578, the adjusted value of that $121,030 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 25 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for training and development managers in Tennessee, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $84,680 to $200,970; 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 $93,975, on $121,030 for work ranking 25 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 25 of 491 in the state.
- This $101,578 adjusted figure, worked from $121,030, 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 25 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 25 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $131,910, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $84,680 and the top tenth $200,970 — 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 $101,578 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $93,975 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $131,910. 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 ($84,680) and the ninetieth ($200,970) 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 $101,578 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 $93,975 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.