State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Kentucky
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Kentucky, $128,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 50.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.2%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+22.4%
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%
Kentucky
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $128,930
- p25
- $93,780
- p75
- $170,720
- p10
- $77,340
- p90
- $204,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.