State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Financial Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $206,760. In Tennessee, $141,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.4% — not 46.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.6%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+27.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Financial Managers
- Median
- $206,760
- p25
- $161,870
- p75
- $287,520
- p10
- $120,850
- p90
- $332,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
Tennessee
Financial Managers
- Median
- $141,010
- p25
- $107,450
- p75
- $194,620
- p10
- $83,080
- p90
- $288,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.