State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Arkansas, $156,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.2% — not 10.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.4%
Arkansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+12.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $156,450
- p25
- $96,560
- p75
- $214,710
- p10
- $74,290
- p90
- $273,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.