State comparison · 2025
Sales Representatives, Services salary: Rhode Island vs Tennessee
Sales Representatives, Services in Rhode Island earn a median of $81,450. In Tennessee, $60,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 35.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.2%
Rhode Island vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+21.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Sales Representatives, Services
- Median
- $81,450
- p25
- $55,130
- p75
- $103,370
- p10
- $43,680
- p90
- $132,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
Tennessee
Sales Representatives, Services
- Median
- $60,230
- p25
- $42,260
- p75
- $80,580
- p10
- $33,900
- p90
- $115,740
- 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.