State comparison · 2025
Telemarketers salary: Rhode Island vs Tennessee
Telemarketers in Rhode Island earn a median of $155,970. In Tennessee, $107,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30% — not 44.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.7%
Rhode Island vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+30%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Telemarketers
- Median
- $155,970
- p25
- $124,840
- p75
- $175,780
- p10
- $99,160
- p90
- $249,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
Tennessee
Telemarketers
- Median
- $107,760
- p25
- $80,660
- p75
- $132,620
- p10
- $61,180
- p90
- $192,550
- 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.