State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Managers, All Other in Massachusetts earn a median of $182,950. In Tennessee, $99,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 59.8% — not 84%.
Nominal pay gap
+84%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+59.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $182,950
- p25
- $146,190
- p75
- $227,670
- p10
- $110,970
- p90
- $309,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.