Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,210
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$7,120
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,463
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
$47,330
Kept after tax
$40,210
Worth in national money
$43,463
State rank
17
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Tennessee pays this job around $47,330 at the midpoint, 17 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Tennessee reports figures for, this is number 317.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,330 you keep $40,210 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,463 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $45,940.
- For weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping the Tennessee median is $47,330, ranking 17 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Tennessee's occupational distribution, weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping sits at 317 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 $40,210 after the full tax stack, from $47,330. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,463 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,940 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,460 |
| This salary | $47,330 |
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 | $40,210 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,210 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,084 |
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 | $47,330 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,521 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,330 as a midpoint for Tennessee, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,370 and the ninetieth is $56,460 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Tennessee the take-home figure of $40,210, from $47,330, 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 317 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 $43,463, the adjusted value of that $47,330 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 317 of 491 in the state.
- The Tennessee median of $47,330 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,370 to $56,460. 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 $40,210 from $47,330. 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 317 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $43,463 — the adjusted value of that $47,330 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 317 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,370 at the tenth percentile, $56,460 at the ninetieth.
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 $43,463 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $40,210 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,370 to $56,460) 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 $43,463 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 $40,210 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.