State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: California vs North Carolina
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In North Carolina, $141,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.3% — not 23.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.7%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+5.3%
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%
North Carolina
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $141,160
- p25
- $104,050
- p75
- $182,390
- p10
- $74,990
- p90
- $244,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -78%
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.