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State comparison · 2025

Marketing Managers salary: California vs Minnesota

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Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Minnesota, $173,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 11.7%.

Nominal pay gap
+11.7%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-0.5%
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%
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Minnesota

Marketing Managers

Median
$173,300
p25
$130,610
p75
$219,250
p10
$103,160
p90
$303,350
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
98.6
Hiring velocity (180d)
-25%
See full breakdown for Minnesota

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.