State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs District of Columbia
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In District of Columbia, $177,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 9.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.3%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+8.5%
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%
District of Columbia
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $177,170
- p25
- $139,510
- p75
- $231,330
- p10
- $107,400
- p90
- $291,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +150%
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.