State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Marketing Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $212,020. In California, $193,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 8.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.7%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12.7%
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%
Massachusetts
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $212,020
- p25
- $167,290
- p75
- $261,420
- p10
- $122,350
- p90
- $310,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.