State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Pennsylvania, $150,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.2% — not 28.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.4%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+13.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $150,810
- p25
- $104,680
- p75
- $207,490
- p10
- $76,990
- p90
- $246,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.