State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Tennessee
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Tennessee, $97,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.1% — not 63.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.9%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+36.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Education Administrators
- Median
- $159,950
- p25
- $130,110
- p75
- $169,350
- p10
- $103,250
- p90
- $202,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
Tennessee
Education Administrators
- Median
- $97,590
- p25
- $83,050
- p75
- $108,690
- p10
- $70,960
- p90
- $134,630
- 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.