State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: California vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In California, $159,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10% — not 8.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.4%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-10%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $159,830
- p25
- $125,000
- p75
- $196,620
- p10
- $99,560
- p90
- $241,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +54%
New Jersey
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $174,520
- p25
- $140,610
- p75
- $218,770
- p10
- $117,660
- p90
- $285,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.