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State comparison · 2025

Financial Managers salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee

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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%
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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%
See full breakdown for Tennessee

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.