State comparison · 2025
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers in California earn a median of $109,140. In Pennsylvania, $76,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 43.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.5%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+26.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Median
- $109,140
- p25
- $96,630
- p75
- $142,180
- p10
- $73,790
- p90
- $174,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
Pennsylvania
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- Median
- $76,040
- p25
- $58,540
- p75
- $91,410
- p10
- $49,310
- p90
- $116,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.