State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Missouri
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Missouri, $130,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.6% — not 48.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.3%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+21.6%
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%
Missouri
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $130,550
- p25
- $100,120
- p75
- $173,580
- p10
- $76,160
- p90
- $226,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.