State comparison · 2025
Financial Managers salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Financial Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $199,110. In Tennessee, $141,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 41.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.2%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+19.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Financial Managers
- Median
- $199,110
- p25
- $162,800
- p75
- $279,330
- p10
- $130,630
- p90
- $337,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.