Hourly pay after taxes in Tennessee
$20 an hour in Tennessee comes to $1,369.45 every two weeks after taxes, for a single person working full time.
Updated for 2026Checked Oct 29, 2026 against IRS and Tennessee Department of Revenue sourcesHow we check
Take-home pay by hourly wage, 2026
| Wage | Two weeks | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| $7.25 | $535.63 | $1,161 | $13,926 |
| $18.00 | $1,240.89 | $2,689 | $32,263 |
| $20.00 | $1,369.45 | $2,967 | $35,606 |
| $22.00 | $1,498.01 | $3,246 | $38,948 |
| $25.00 | $1,690.85 | $3,664 | $43,962 |
| $30.00 | $2,012.25 | $4,360 | $52,319 |
| $35.00 | $2,309.42 | $5,004 | $60,045 |
| $40.00 | $2,590.82 | $5,613 | $67,361 |
| $50.00 | $3,153.62 | $6,833 | $81,994 |
Every column after the wage is take-home pay. Each row assumes 40 hours a week all year, one paycheck every two weeks, single, no dependents, and no benefits taken out. The monthly and yearly columns are that paycheck times 26. Use the paycheck calculator for your own hours and deductions.
What comes out of an hourly paycheck
At $25 an hour, a two-week paycheck in Tennessee starts at $2,000.00 and ends at $1,690.85.
| Federal income tax | $156.15 |
| Social Security | $124.00 |
| Medicare | $29.00 |
| Tennessee income tax | $0.00 |
Wages go untaxed by Tennessee, which leaves federal income tax, Social Security, and Medicare as the whole list of deductions. No disability or paid leave program takes a share, and no city or county does either. The state line in the deductions table reads $0.00.
Beyond those three lines, only deductions you choose, such as a benefit or a retirement contribution, would appear.
What changes your number
A Tennessee paycheck changes with your federal bracket and your hours, and almost nothing else. Each extra hour of overtime meets your federal rate and the flat payroll tax shares, with no state layer to add.
The wage floor is federal. Tennessee has no minimum wage law of its own, so the bottom row of this table is the federal rate, and it stays there until Congress changes it. Retirement and pretax health contributions are the main lever you control.
Hours matter too. At $20 an hour and 30 hours a week instead of 40, a two-week paycheck in Tennessee comes to $1,048.05.
The minimum wage in Tennessee
The minimum wage in Tennessee is $7.25 an hour, and a full-time worker at $7.25 takes home about $1,161 a month. Tennessee has no state minimum wage law, so the federal rate applies to covered employers, and the state's own labor department says there are no state laws regulating it.
Sources and checks
Checked on Oct 29, 2026. Source: Tennessee Constitution, Article II, Section 28, last sentence, added by Senate Joint Resolution 1 of the 108th General Assembly (capitol.tn.gov/Bills/108/Bill/SJR0001.pdf, fetched Oct 29, 2026) and submitted to voters at the 2014 general election: "the Legislature shall not levy, authorize or otherwise permit any state or local tax upon payroll or earned personal income or any state or local tax measured by payroll or earned personal income." Tennessee Department of Revenue, "Hall Income Tax" (tn.gov/revenue/taxes/hall-income-tax.html, fetched Oct 29, 2026): "The Hall income tax is imposed only on individuals and other entities receiving interest from bonds and notes and dividends from stock... The Hall Income tax was repealed for tax periods that begin on January 1, 2021, or later."
Disability: No Tennessee statute or state agency program provides a disability or paid family leave payroll deduction (checked Oct 29, 2026 against the Department of Labor and Workforce Development's required Wage Regulations Act poster and its "Wages, Fringe Benefits, Paychecks & Breaks" page, which list the state's wage laws and name no such deduction).
Local taxes: The same Article II, Section 28 language bars "any state or local tax upon payroll or earned personal income" (SJR 1, 108th General Assembly, capitol.tn.gov/Bills/108/Bill/SJR0001.pdf, fetched Oct 29, 2026).
Minimum wage: Tennessee has no state minimum wage law, so the federal Fair Labor Standards Act rate of $7.25 applies to covered employers. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development's required Wage Regulations Act poster (May 2024; tn.gov/content/dam/tn/workforce/documents/majorpublications/requiredposters/Wage_Poster.pdf, fetched Oct 29, 2026) lists the state's wage laws (notice of wages, paydays, breaks, equal pay, child labor) and sets no wage rate. The department's help article "Should I be paid minimum wage?" (lwdsupport.tn.gov/hc/en-us/articles/360000130587) says "There are no state laws regulating minimum wage"; that page sits behind a browser check and could not be saved.
Federal withholding: IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Worksheet 1A and its "2026 Percentage Method Tables for Automated Payroll Systems and Withholding on Periodic Payments of Pensions and Annuities," pages 10 to 12. Fetched directly from irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf and transcribed Oct 28, 2026.
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