State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Indiana
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Indiana, $136,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 42.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.1%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+19.8%
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%
Indiana
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $136,260
- p25
- $104,070
- p75
- $178,210
- p10
- $82,380
- p90
- $233,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +38%
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.