State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
General and Operations Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $173,690. In Alabama, $111,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.6%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-21.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $111,790
- p25
- $76,840
- p75
- $169,510
- p10
- $55,160
- p90
- $243,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
New Jersey
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $173,690
- p25
- $111,580
- p75
- $284,250
- p10
- $77,350
- p90
- $372,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.