State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Michigan
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Michigan, $138,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.5% — not 39.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.8%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+21.5%
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%
Michigan
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $138,510
- p25
- $104,320
- p75
- $181,720
- p10
- $80,260
- p90
- $222,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.