State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: Arizona vs California
Sales Managers in Arizona earn a median of $145,690. In California, $134,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 8%.
Nominal pay gap
+8%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+18.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Sales Managers
- Median
- $145,690
- p25
- $101,720
- p75
- $196,010
- p10
- $74,510
- p90
- $255,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
California
Sales Managers
- Median
- $134,910
- p25
- $91,210
- p75
- $206,710
- p10
- $64,430
- p90
- $300,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.