State comparison · 2025
Credit Counselors salary: California vs Tennessee
Credit Counselors in California earn a median of $67,120. In Tennessee, $38,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.9% — not 73.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+73.3%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+43.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $67,120
- p25
- $56,040
- p75
- $81,860
- p10
- $47,260
- p90
- $98,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
Tennessee
Credit Counselors
- Median
- $38,730
- p25
- $37,530
- p75
- $64,700
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $105,140
- 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.