State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In Pennsylvania, $131,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 32.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.6%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+16.9%
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%
Pennsylvania
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $131,600
- p25
- $99,060
- p75
- $171,340
- p10
- $76,260
- p90
- $217,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.