State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Georgia
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Georgia, $160,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.8% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.4%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+4.8%
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%
Georgia
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $160,760
- p25
- $122,320
- p75
- $205,400
- p10
- $94,390
- p90
- $277,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.