State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Colorado
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Colorado, $182,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 6%.
Nominal pay gap
+6%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-1.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $182,730
- p25
- $149,100
- p75
- $223,470
- p10
- $121,560
- p90
- $289,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.