Tree Trimmers and Pruners in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,226
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$7,124
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,480
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
$47,350
Kept after tax
$40,226
Worth in national money
$43,480
State rank
31
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Tennessee sits in the middle of the pack for tree trimmers and pruners. The median is $47,350, ranking 31 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tree trimmers and pruners ranks 315 among 491 occupations Tennessee publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,350 you keep $40,226 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,480 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $47,570, since top earners drag the number up.
- Tennessee occupies the middle band for tree trimmers and pruners: a median of $47,350, ranking 31 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 315 of 491 in Tennessee places tree trimmers and pruners in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Tennessee is $40,226 after the full tax stack, from $47,350. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,480 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,570 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tree Trimmers and Pruners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,480 |
| This salary | $47,350 |
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 | $40,226 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,226 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,085 |
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 | $47,350 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,522 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,350 as a midpoint for Tennessee, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,060 and the ninetieth is $61,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Tennessee the take-home figure of $40,226, from $47,350, 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 315 of 491 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,480, the adjusted value of that $47,350 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 315 of 491 in the state.
- The Tennessee median of $47,350 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,060 to $61,480. 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 $40,226 from $47,350. 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 315 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $43,480 — the adjusted value of that $47,350 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 315 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,060 and the top tenth $61,480, so most people doing this work in Tennessee sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,480 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $40,226 survives, because Tennessee levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 ($38,060 to $61,480) 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 $43,480 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 $40,226 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.