State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: Alabama vs California
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Alabama, $120,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.6% — not 37.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.9%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-22.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $120,160
- p25
- $89,950
- p75
- $164,800
- p10
- $70,790
- p90
- $225,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
California
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $193,620
- p25
- $139,950
- p75
- $271,360
- p10
- $104,370
- p90
- $326,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.