Travel Agents in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,887
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$8,753
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,680
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
$55,640
Kept after tax
$46,887
Worth in national money
$50,680
State rank
13
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee is one of the better-paying states for travel agents. The middle earner takes $55,640, which ranks 13 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 10.93% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Tennessee reports figures for, this is number 242.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $55,640 you keep $46,887 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,680 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $55,210.
- Tennessee ranks 13 of 49 states publishing a median for travel agents, at $55,640 — about 10.93% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Tennessee's occupational distribution, travel agents sits at 242 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 $46,887 after the full tax stack, from $55,640. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,680 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $55,210 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Travel Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,180 |
| This salary | $55,640 |
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 | $46,887 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,887 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,430 |
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 | $55,640 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,939 |
| 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 $55,640. The published range is $42,400 up to $69,180, 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 $46,887, worked from $55,640. 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 242 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,680, the adjusted value of that $55,640 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 242 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for travel agents in Tennessee the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,400 to $69,180. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Tennessee take-home of $46,887, on $55,640 for work ranking 242 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 242 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $50,680 — the adjusted value of that $55,640 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 242 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $42,400 at the tenth percentile, $69,180 at the ninetieth.
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 $50,680 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $46,887 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?
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,400 to $69,180) 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 $50,680 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 $46,887 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.