State comparison · 2025
Computer Network Architects salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Computer Network Architects in New Jersey earn a median of $162,350. In Tennessee, $123,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 31.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.1%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+10.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Computer Network Architects
- Median
- $162,350
- p25
- $129,110
- p75
- $185,710
- p10
- $101,730
- p90
- $213,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -4%
Tennessee
Computer Network Architects
- Median
- $123,860
- p25
- $102,050
- p75
- $148,060
- p10
- $82,340
- p90
- $172,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.