State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
General and Operations Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $173,690. In Tennessee, $106,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.2% — not 62.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.4%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+37.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $173,690
- p25
- $111,580
- p75
- $284,250
- p10
- $77,350
- p90
- $372,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
Tennessee
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $106,970
- p25
- $72,500
- p75
- $163,820
- p10
- $50,820
- p90
- $230,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -12%
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.