State comparison · 2025
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers in California earn a median of $109,140. In Massachusetts, $88,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.6%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+18.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Median
- $109,140
- p25
- $96,630
- p75
- $142,180
- p10
- $73,790
- p90
- $174,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
Massachusetts
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Median
- $88,290
- p25
- $79,990
- p75
- $116,990
- p10
- $73,740
- p90
- $154,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.