State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Louisiana
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Louisiana, $120,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.9% — not 60.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.5%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+27.9%
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%
Louisiana
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $120,650
- p25
- $85,770
- p75
- $155,140
- p10
- $72,800
- p90
- $208,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.