State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Sales Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $191,200. In California, $134,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.6% — not 29.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.4%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-32.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Sales Managers
- Median
- $134,910
- p25
- $91,210
- p75
- $206,710
- p10
- $64,430
- p90
- $300,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
Massachusetts
Sales Managers
- Median
- $191,200
- p25
- $141,040
- p75
- $235,420
- p10
- $100,510
- p90
- $321,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -12%
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.