State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Montana
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Montana, $165,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.1% — not 16.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.9%
California vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-0.1%
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%
Montana
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $165,580
- p25
- $114,430
- p75
- $207,160
- p10
- $90,670
- p90
- $212,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.