State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: California vs Tennessee
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In Tennessee, $99,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.7% — not 75.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+75.6%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+45.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $174,560
- p25
- $132,000
- p75
- $221,560
- p10
- $98,280
- p90
- $303,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
Tennessee
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $99,430
- p25
- $66,580
- p75
- $135,510
- p10
- $49,210
- p90
- $181,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.