State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: California vs Georgia
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In Georgia, $125,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 39.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.6%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+21.5%
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%
Georgia
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $125,000
- p25
- $86,420
- p75
- $166,290
- p10
- $67,500
- p90
- $212,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.