State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Maryland
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Maryland, $154,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.1% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.6%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+19.1%
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%
Maryland
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $154,160
- p25
- $107,010
- p75
- $200,080
- p10
- $82,830
- p90
- $256,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.