State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: California vs Missouri
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In Missouri, $125,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.8%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+13.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $174,560
- p25
- $132,000
- p75
- $221,560
- p10
- $98,280
- p90
- $303,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
Missouri
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $125,760
- p25
- $85,930
- p75
- $161,300
- p10
- $64,990
- p90
- $207,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.