State comparison · 2025
Financial Examiners salary: New York vs Tennessee
Financial Examiners in New York earn a median of $128,920. In Tennessee, $87,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.1% — not 48%.
Nominal pay gap
+48%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+26.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $128,920
- p25
- $91,940
- p75
- $174,130
- p10
- $70,710
- p90
- $216,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -8%
Tennessee
Financial Examiners
- Median
- $87,110
- p25
- $64,500
- p75
- $121,700
- p10
- $51,170
- p90
- $160,710
- 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.