State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: California vs New York
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In New York, $167,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.8% — not 4.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.4%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+1.8%
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%
New York
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $167,200
- p25
- $124,530
- p75
- $221,680
- p10
- $90,760
- p90
- $305,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.