State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs North Carolina
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In North Carolina, $165,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
+17%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-0.3%
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%
North Carolina
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $165,480
- p25
- $127,120
- p75
- $210,580
- p10
- $96,760
- p90
- $274,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.