State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: Arkansas vs California
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In Arkansas, $87,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.1% — not 49.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.9%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-36.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $87,520
- p25
- $62,540
- p75
- $129,460
- p10
- $49,230
- p90
- $171,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.