State comparison · 2025
Human Resources Managers salary: New York vs Tennessee
Human Resources Managers in New York earn a median of $176,650. In Tennessee, $131,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 34.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.1%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+14.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $176,650
- p25
- $133,180
- p75
- $231,380
- p10
- $105,380
- p90
- $321,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
Tennessee
Human Resources Managers
- Median
- $131,760
- p25
- $103,560
- p75
- $168,970
- p10
- $85,160
- p90
- $218,300
- 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.