State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: California vs Colorado
Sales Managers in Colorado earn a median of $180,850. In California, $134,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.5% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.4%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-30.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Sales Managers
- Median
- $134,910
- p25
- $91,210
- p75
- $206,710
- p10
- $64,430
- p90
- $300,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
Colorado
Sales Managers
- Median
- $180,850
- p25
- $140,990
- p75
- $237,710
- p10
- $105,270
- p90
- $316,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.