State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Maine
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Maine, $135,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.4% — not 43%.
Nominal pay gap
+43%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+25.4%
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%
Maine
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $135,380
- p25
- $112,760
- p75
- $186,160
- p10
- $92,710
- p90
- $232,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.