State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers salary: Tennessee vs Washington
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Washington earn a median of $94,420. In Tennessee, $75,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.7%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Median
- $75,830
- p25
- $58,740
- p75
- $96,040
- p10
- $41,630
- p90
- $118,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
Washington
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Median
- $94,420
- p25
- $75,660
- p75
- $119,510
- p10
- $64,560
- p90
- $144,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.