State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: California vs Delaware
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In Delaware, $168,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 3.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.9%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
-6.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Delaware
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $168,060
- p25
- $130,670
- p75
- $209,180
- p10
- $102,950
- p90
- $297,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.