State comparison · 2025
Customer Service Representatives salary: California vs Tennessee
Customer Service Representatives in California earn a median of $49,560. In Tennessee, $42,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.9% — not 15.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.7%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
-3.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $49,560
- p25
- $44,200
- p75
- $61,510
- p10
- $38,110
- p90
- $75,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
Tennessee
Customer Service Representatives
- Median
- $42,830
- p25
- $36,130
- p75
- $48,670
- p10
- $31,100
- p90
- $60,070
- 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.