State comparison · 2025
Choreographers salary: California vs Tennessee
Choreographers in California earn a median of $75,000. In Tennessee, $62,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.4% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
+20%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
-0.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Choreographers
- Median
- $75,000
- p25
- $51,020
- p75
- $101,740
- p10
- $42,990
- p90
- $138,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
Tennessee
Choreographers
- Median
- $62,500
- p25
- $41,370
- p75
- $83,710
- p10
- $30,630
- p90
- $98,640
- 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.