State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs North Dakota
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In North Dakota, $125,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24% — not 54.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.2%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+24%
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 Dakota
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $125,580
- p25
- $103,980
- p75
- $157,830
- p10
- $78,340
- p90
- $198,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.