State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: California vs Massachusetts
Managers, All Other in Massachusetts earn a median of $182,950. In California, $174,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 4.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.6%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-8.8%
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%
Massachusetts
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $182,950
- p25
- $146,190
- p75
- $227,670
- p10
- $110,970
- p90
- $309,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.