State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Illinois
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Illinois, $162,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.9%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+7.4%
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%
Illinois
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $162,860
- p25
- $124,300
- p75
- $212,040
- p10
- $95,990
- p90
- $276,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.