State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: Arkansas vs California
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Arkansas, $136,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.5%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-10.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $136,520
- p25
- $97,280
- p75
- $178,310
- p10
- $67,340
- p90
- $223,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
California
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $193,620
- p25
- $139,950
- p75
- $271,360
- p10
- $104,370
- p90
- $326,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- 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.