State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers salary: Rhode Island vs Tennessee
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Rhode Island earn a median of $81,650. In Tennessee, $65,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.3% — not 25%.
Nominal pay gap
+25%
Rhode Island vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+12.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $81,650
- p25
- $62,920
- p75
- $103,540
- p10
- $48,080
- p90
- $133,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
Tennessee
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Median
- $65,310
- p25
- $53,320
- p75
- $81,950
- p10
- $44,070
- p90
- $103,710
- 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.