State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Connecticut vs Tennessee
Education Administrators in Connecticut earn a median of $156,240. In Tennessee, $97,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42% — not 60.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.1%
Connecticut vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+42%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Education Administrators
- Median
- $156,240
- p25
- $124,030
- p75
- $171,910
- p10
- $86,840
- p90
- $194,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.