State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: Tennessee vs Virginia
Sales Managers in Virginia earn a median of $191,130. In Tennessee, $128,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.3% — not 33%.
Nominal pay gap
-33%
Tennessee vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-26.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Sales Managers
- Median
- $128,040
- p25
- $90,920
- p75
- $173,500
- p10
- $67,220
- p90
- $231,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
Virginia
Sales Managers
- Median
- $191,130
- p25
- $134,490
- p75
- $236,690
- p10
- $94,710
- p90
- $302,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.