State comparison · 2025
Tax Examiners and Collectors salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Tax Examiners and Collectors in New Jersey earn a median of $96,420. In Tennessee, $51,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.7% — not 86.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+86.8%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+57.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $96,420
- p25
- $73,350
- p75
- $121,880
- p10
- $56,820
- p90
- $144,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
Tennessee
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $51,630
- p25
- $44,950
- p75
- $68,190
- p10
- $40,330
- p90
- $90,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.