United States · Tennessee · Updated for 2026
Tennessee paycheck calculator 2026
On Tennessee’s median pay of $47,380 in 2026, a single filer in Tennessee takes home $40,249.83 a year ($1,548.07 every two weeks), after $3,505.60 federal income tax, $3,624.57 Social Security and Medicare, and Tennessee takes no income tax from wages.
Change the pay, schedule, filing status or deductions below to see your own paycheck. It works as a Tennessee salary calculator too: type a yearly salary or an hourly rate.
Take-home pay, 2026 · Tennessee · single · paid every two weeks
$1,548.07 a paycheck
$40,249.83 a year · $3,354.15 a month · $19.35 an hour
| Per paycheck | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $1,822.31 | $47,380.00 |
| Federal income tax | −$134.83 | −$3,505.60 |
| Social Security | −$112.98 | −$2,937.56 |
| Medicare | −$26.42 | −$687.01 |
| Tennessee income tax | none | none |
| Take-home pay | $1,548.07 | $40,249.83 |
An estimate of the year’s tax divided evenly across your 26 paychecks, not your employer’s exact withholding table. An hour assumes 40 hours a week for 52 weeks.
Federal income tax
Taxable income: $47,380 of pay after pre-tax deductions, less the $16,100 standard deduction for single = $31,280.
| Income in bracket | Tax | |
|---|---|---|
| 10% bracket | $12,400 | $1,240.00 |
| 12% bracket | $18,880 | $2,265.60 |
| Federal income tax for the year | $3,505.60 |
Social Security and Medicare
- Social Security: 6.2% = $2,937.56 a year.
- Medicare: 1.45% of all pay = $687.01 a year.
Tennessee tax
Tennessee has no state income tax on wages, so nothing more comes out of your paycheck for the state.
Your tax rates
- Effective rate: 15.0%. That share of your pay goes in federal, state and payroll taxes.
- Marginal rate: 19.6%. Of your next dollar of pay, about 20 cents goes in tax, so you keep about 80 cents.
What are Tennessee’s income tax rates for 2026?
Tennessee has no state income tax on wages: the rate is 0%. Your paycheck has federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare taken out, and nothing for the state.
How much tax do I pay on $47,380 in Tennessee?
$47,380 is the median yearly pay for all jobs in Tennessee (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025). A single filer paid every two weeks, with nothing taken before tax:
| Year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $47,380.00 | $1,822.31 |
| Federal income tax | $3,505.60 | $134.83 |
| Social Security | $2,937.56 | $112.98 |
| Medicare | $687.01 | $26.42 |
| Tennessee income tax | none | none |
| Take-home pay | $40,249.83 | $1,548.07 |
Effective rate: 15.0% of pay in tax. Of the next dollar, about 20 cents goes in tax. Open this example in the paycheck calculator.
What is different about paychecks in Tennessee?
Tennessee takes no income tax from wages. Only federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare come out of your paycheck.
Its old Hall tax on interest and dividends ended in 2021, so Tennessee now taxes no personal income. The state relies mainly on sales tax.
How does Tennessee compare with Georgia and North Carolina?
The same $47,380 salary, single, paid every two weeks:
| State tax and contributions a year | Take-home a year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | none | $40,249.83 | $1,548.07 |
| Georgia | $1,615.76 | $38,634.07 | $1,485.93 |
| North Carolina | $1,381.74 | $38,868.09 | $1,494.93 |
You take home $1,615.76 a year more in Tennessee than in Georgia.
You take home $1,381.74 a year more in Tennessee than in North Carolina.
What does this calculator leave out in Tennessee?
- Dependents, and credits such as the child tax credit.
- One job for the whole calendar year, with the same pay every paycheck, no bonus and no overtime.
- A married couple filing jointly is one earner: the whole household income is this pay.
- The year’s tax is divided evenly across your paychecks. Your employer withholds from each paycheck using your W-4 and the IRS tables, so a paycheck can differ a little.
The full list is on the sources page, and the method on how we calculate.
Which other states can I check?
- Alaska no income tax
- California state income tax
- Florida no income tax
- Georgia state income tax
- Illinois state income tax
- Michigan state income tax
- Nevada no income tax
- New Hampshire no income tax
- New Jersey state income tax
- New York state income tax
- North Carolina state income tax
- Ohio state income tax
- Pennsylvania state income tax
- South Dakota no income tax
- Texas no income tax
- Virginia state income tax
- Washington no income tax
- Wyoming no income tax
Every state on one page: the US paycheck calculator. How the taxes work: US paycheck guides.
Questions about paychecks in Tennessee
How much is taken out of a paycheck in Tennessee?
On $47,380 a year, single, paid every two weeks: $134.83 federal income tax, $139.41 Social Security and Medicare a paycheck, leaving $1,548.07.
What is the take-home pay on $100,000 in Tennessee?
$79,180.00 a year, or $3,045.38 every two weeks, for a single filer with nothing taken before tax.
Is Tennessee state tax taken out of every paycheck?
No. Tennessee has no state income tax on wages, so none is withheld.
Does Tennessee tax wages?
No. Tennessee does not tax wages, and its tax on investment income (the Hall tax) ended in 2021.
Why does my Tennessee paycheck still have taxes taken out?
Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply in every state. Only the state income tax line is missing in Tennessee.