State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: California vs New York
Sales Managers in New York earn a median of $217,640. In California, $134,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.6% — not 38%.
Nominal pay gap
-38%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-39.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Sales Managers
- Median
- $134,910
- p25
- $91,210
- p75
- $206,710
- p10
- $64,430
- p90
- $300,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
New York
Sales Managers
- Median
- $217,640
- p25
- $163,090
- p75
- $316,030
- p10
- $107,670
- p90
- $378,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.