Veterinary Technologists and Technicians in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,578
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$6,232
14.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,537
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
$42,810
Kept after tax
$36,578
Worth in national money
$39,537
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Tennessee. The middle earner gets $42,810. That is 38 of 51 states, and about 9.65% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 491 occupations Tennessee publishes, this job lands at 369. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Tennessee is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $42,810 the take-home is $36,578; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $39,537 would nationally. The average comes to $43,960, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For veterinary technologists and technicians, Tennessee sits in the lower band at $42,810, ranking 38 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 9.65%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Tennessee, this work ranks 369 of 491 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for veterinary technologists and technicians in Tennessee, on $42,810, is $36,578 — equivalent to $39,537 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $43,960 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,040 |
| This salary | $42,810 |
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 | $36,578 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,578 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,896 |
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 | $42,810 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,293 |
| 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 veterinary technologists and technicians in Tennessee earn under $42,810 and half over. The published range runs $31,660 at the tenth percentile to $57,040 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 $36,578, worked from $42,810. 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 369 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $39,537, the adjusted value of that $42,810 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 369 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for veterinary technologists and technicians in Tennessee, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $31,660 to $57,040; 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 $36,578, on $42,810 for work ranking 369 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 369 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $39,537 — the adjusted value of that $42,810 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 369 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $31,660 and the top tenth $57,040, so most people doing this work in Tennessee sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Tennessee is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $39,537 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $36,578 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($31,660 to $57,040) 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 $39,537 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 $36,578 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.