State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Mississippi
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Mississippi, $100,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.8% — not 91.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+91.8%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+50.8%
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%
Mississippi
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $100,940
- p25
- $75,170
- p75
- $156,020
- p10
- $61,790
- p90
- $209,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.