State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: Arizona vs California
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In Arizona, $129,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.6%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-18.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $129,870
- p25
- $103,940
- p75
- $165,000
- p10
- $79,930
- p90
- $206,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.