State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Arizona vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Arizona, $138,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.4%
Arizona vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $138,940
- p25
- $113,510
- p75
- $171,080
- p10
- $97,810
- p90
- $211,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
New Jersey
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $174,520
- p25
- $140,610
- p75
- $218,770
- p10
- $117,660
- p90
- $285,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- 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.