State comparison · 2025
Tax Examiners and Collectors salary: Arizona vs Tennessee
Tax Examiners and Collectors in Arizona earn a median of $92,680. In Tennessee, $51,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 63.8% — not 79.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+79.5%
Arizona vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+63.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $92,680
- p25
- $65,000
- p75
- $113,900
- p10
- $53,900
- p90
- $124,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
Tennessee
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $51,630
- p25
- $44,950
- p75
- $68,190
- p10
- $40,330
- p90
- $90,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.