Tennessee Tax Brackets Compared to Other States (2026)
Tennessee takes no state income tax on wages, which puts it at joint 1st of 51 with the other jurisdictions that charge nothing — against $8,192 in Oregon on the same $100,000 salary. What a worker here pays instead is federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare, and every figure below comes from the same 2026 engine that runs the Tennessee salary calculator.
Where Tennessee sits in the state-by-state ranking
| Rank | State | State tax on $100,000 | Effective state rate | Take-home pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | $0 | 0.00% | take-home pay |
| 2 | Florida | $0 | 0.00% | take-home pay |
| 3 | Nevada | $0 | 0.00% | take-home pay |
| 4 | New Hampshire | $0 | 0.00% | take-home pay |
| 5 | South Dakota | $0 | 0.00% | take-home pay |
| 6 | Tennessee | $0 | 0.00% | take-home pay |
| 7 | Texas | $0 | 0.00% | take-home pay |
| 8 | Washington | $0 | 0.00% | take-home pay |
| 9 | Wyoming | $0 | 0.00% | take-home pay |
| 10 | Arizona | $2,500 | 2.50% | take-home pay |
| 11 | North Dakota | $2,500 | 2.50% | take-home pay |
Rank 1 is the lowest state income tax burden of the 51 jurisdictions modelled, rank 51 the highest, and states taking the same amount share a rank. The table shows the states immediately around Tennessee plus its position against the two extremes; the full ranking of all 51 is on the comparison index.
Tennessee's position at other salary levels, on the same ranking: $50,000: joint 1st, $0 · $150,000: joint 1st, $0 · $200,000: joint 1st, $0. A state can be cheap at one income and ordinary at another, because graduated brackets bite only above their thresholds — which is why the ranking on this page is quoted at a stated salary rather than as a permanent verdict.
What Tennessee takes at each salary
| Gross salary | State income tax | Effective state rate | All deductions | Net per year | Net per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $0 | 0.00% | $7,645 | $42,355 | $3,530 |
| $75,000 | $0 | 0.00% | $13,408 | $61,593 | $5,133 |
| $100,000 | $0 | 0.00% | $20,820 | $79,180 | $6,598 |
| $150,000 | $0 | 0.00% | $36,209 | $113,791 | $9,483 |
| $200,000 | $0 | 0.00% | $51,073 | $148,927 | $12,411 |
The "all deductions" column is federal income tax, the state layer, Social Security and Medicare together. The state-only column is what this page is about: Nothing, at any salary: Tennessee is one of the 9 jurisdictions modelled here that take no state income tax on wages.
Tennessee against the states it is usually compared with
| State | State tax on $100,000 | Effective state rate | Difference vs Tennessee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $0 | 0.00% | same |
| Florida | $0 | 0.00% | same |
| Texas | $0 | 0.00% | same |
| Oregon | $8,192 | 8.19% | $8,192 more per year |
How Tennessee taxes income
Tennessee does not tax wage income, so there is no state layer to add: what a worker here pays is federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare — the same federal rules that apply in every US state. That is the whole source of the gap against a taxed state, and it is why Tennessee's take-home pay sits near the top of the ranking at every salary on this page.
Two rates matter and they are not the same number. The effective rate of 0.00% is what the state layer costs across the whole salary; the marginal rate in Tennessee is zero, because the state takes nothing from a raise — always the higher of the two when a state levies tax, because the lower slices have already been taxed more cheaply. A raise is priced at the marginal rate, not the average one.
Figures on this page cover the 2026 and 2027 tax years and come from the same calculation engine as the calculator itself, so the comparison here and the take-home figure on Tennessee's own pages cannot drift apart.
Compare Tennessee further
- Tennessee vs Alaska on state income tax
- Tennessee vs Florida on state income tax
- Tennessee vs Texas on state income tax
- Tennessee vs Oregon on state income tax
- State income tax comparison: all 51 jurisdictions ranked
- Tennessee salary after tax at every salary level
- Tennessee salary calculator
Where these figures come from
Every number on this page is computed by the TaxYourSalary tax engine from published United States rates — it is not an estimate, an average, or a figure carried over from another salary.
| Rates published by | Internal Revenue Service (IRS) |
|---|---|
| Tax year applied | 2026 |
| What the source covers | Federal brackets and the standard deduction (Revenue Procedure 2025-32). Social Security and Medicare come from the Social Security Administration; each state's schedule comes from that state's own revenue department. |
| Figures last compared | 19 September 2026 |
| State authority | Tennessee Department of Revenue |
| State income tax | Tennessee does not levy a personal income tax on wages. Hall Income Tax (on dividends/interest only) fully repealed effective Jan 1, 2021. No state income tax on earned income. |
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Tennessee tax questions
Does Tennessee have a state income tax?
No. Tennessee does not tax wage income, so a worker here pays federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare only. On a $100,000 salary that means $20,820 in total deductions instead of the higher figure a taxed state would produce.
How much state income tax do you pay on $100,000 in Tennessee?
$0 — an effective state rate of 0.00%. Total deductions including federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare come to $20,820, leaving $79,180 a year, about $6,598 a month.
How much more do the taxed states take than Tennessee?
The highest-taxing jurisdiction modelled here, Oregon, takes $8,192 in state income tax on the same $100,000 salary — $8,192 more than Tennessee, and $8,192 more in a single year. Tennessee is not unique in this: 9 of the 51 jurisdictions modelled levy no income tax on wages, and all of them are joint 1st of 51 on the ranking.
How much does a $100,000 salary leave in Tennessee?
$79,180 a year after federal income tax, the state layer, Social Security and Medicare — an all-in deduction rate of 20.82%. The highest-taxing state, Oregon, would leave $70,988 on the same salary, and Tennessee keeps $8,192 more than that.
What rate does Tennessee charge on the next dollar earned?
Zero — Tennessee takes nothing from the next dollar of wage income, so a pay rise here is taxed at the federal marginal rate only, the same as in any other no-income-tax jurisdiction.