Overall
- Yakima
- 95.5
Diff +0.8 RPP
Yakima vs Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin
Cost of living comparison based on BEA Regional Price Parities. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin is 0.8% more expensive than Yakima.
0.8% more expensive
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 0.8% more expensive than Yakima, WA on BEA Regional Price Parities (overall RPP 96.3 vs 95.5). A $100,000 salary in Yakima buys about the same as $100,830 in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin; the largest component gap is rents.
- Overall RPP 95.5 (Yakima) vs 96.3 (Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin)
- $100k in Yakima ≈ $100,830 purchasing power in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin
- Rents drives the gap (+32.0 RPP points)
RPP parity plate
Pair WA:TN 95.5→96.3
PHOTO-FINISH · CROSS-STATE · SPLIT-BUDGET · BOTH-BELOW · PP-PAR
- PHOTO-FINISH Photo finish
- CROSS-STATE WA × TN
- SPLIT-BUDGET Split budget
- BOTH-BELOW Both below 100
- PP-PAR PP near-par
Instrument codes from this pair's BEA Regional Price Parities (overall · goods · services · rents · national benchmark 100 · purchasing-power conversion), not a ranking or recommendation.
Yakima
95.5
Cost Index
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin
96.3
Cost Index
What This Comparison Actually Tells You
Yakima, WA and Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN are a photo finish on overall price level, only 0.8 RPP points apart. A salary conversion is therefore a fine adjustment, not evidence of a fundamentally different cost regime.
Rents creates the largest separation: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin is 32.0 points higher. But services and goods move against the overall direction, so this is a split budget rather than a clean across-the-board winner.
Comparable population context is incomplete for this pair, so no market-scale explanation is inferred from the price indexes.
Both metros remain below the U.S. benchmark of 100. This comparison chooses between two below-average price levels; “more expensive” here does not mean nationally expensive.
For a housing-sensitive move, validate the rent gap first: HUD Fair Market Rent and the actual unit size can overturn what the blended index implies. On the BEA ratio alone, $100,000 in Yakima corresponds to $100,830 in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin.
Category Breakdown
Goods
- Yakima
- 105.0
Diff -8.8 RPP
Services
- Yakima
- 91.9
Diff -20.0 RPP
Rents
- Yakima
- 72.6
Diff +32.0 RPP
| Category | Yakima | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 95.5 | 96.3 | +0.8 |
| Goods | 105.0 | 96.2 | -8.8 |
| Services | 91.9 | 72.0 | -20.0 |
| Rents | 72.6 | 104.6 | +32.0 |
Visual Comparison
Overall
Yakima 95.5
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin 96.3
Goods
Yakima 105.0
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin 96.2
Services
Yakima 91.9
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin 72.0
Rents
Yakima 72.6
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin 104.6
Vertical line = national average (100)
How the Price Gap Changed
Yakima and Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin share 17 published annual releases from 2008 through 2024. Their overall gap narrowed, moving from 2.7 to 0.8 RPP points. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin remained the higher-index metro in the latest release.
Services changed the most within this pair: its gap moved 27.9 points between the first and latest shared releases (7.9 to 20.0 points). This describes a relative price-index history, not a forecast or a household budget.
| Release Year | Yakima RPP | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin RPP | Relative Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 93.0 | 95.7 | 2.7 points Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin higher |
| 2012 | 97.1 | 97.4 | 0.2 points Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin higher |
| 2016 | 94.4 | 99.3 | 4.9 points Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin higher |
| 2020 | 96.2 | 95.9 | 0.3 points Yakima higher |
| 2024 | 95.5 | 96.3 | 0.8 points Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin higher |
Annual BEA Regional Price Parity releases; a higher index means a higher price level relative to the national average of 100. Selected years shown from the full shared series.
Salary Equivalents
What a salary in Yakima would need to be in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin for the same purchasing power:
| In Yakima | In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $50,415 | +$415 |
| $75,000 | $75,622 | +$622 |
| $100,000 | $100,830 | +$830 |
| $150,000 | $151,245 | +$1,245 |
$ in Yakima = in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin
Same BEA Regional Price Parity ratio as the table above (95.5 → 96.3), computed live from your number, nothing is sent anywhere.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin more expensive than Yakima?
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin is 0.8% more expensive than Yakima. The overall cost index is 96.3 vs 95.5 (national average = 100).
What salary in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin equals $100K in Yakima?
A $100,000 salary in Yakima has the same purchasing power as $100,830 in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin. This is based on the BEA Regional Price Parity indexes.
How do rents compare between Yakima and Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin?
Rents in Yakima are indexed at 72.6 while Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin is at 104.6 (national average = 100). Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin has higher rents.
Data sources
- BEA Regional Price Parities (RPP), the cost-of-living indices shown on this page
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), gross-rent observations behind the rents component
- BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI), goods and services price relatives
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), labor-driven services component
- HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR), 40th-percentile rent cross-reference
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