State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: California vs Maryland
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In Maryland, $159,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.1% — not 9.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.8%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+4.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $174,560
- p25
- $132,000
- p75
- $221,560
- p10
- $98,280
- p90
- $303,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
Maryland
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $159,040
- p25
- $124,590
- p75
- $185,220
- p10
- $87,400
- p90
- $211,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.