State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Ohio
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Ohio, $132,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.7% — not 46.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.3%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+22.7%
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%
Ohio
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $132,330
- p25
- $102,000
- p75
- $175,750
- p10
- $77,490
- p90
- $224,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.