State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: Alabama vs California
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In Alabama, $135,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3% — not 22.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.2%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $135,890
- p25
- $91,650
- p75
- $164,390
- p10
- $55,490
- p90
- $203,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $174,560
- p25
- $132,000
- p75
- $221,560
- p10
- $98,280
- p90
- $303,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
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.