State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: California vs South Carolina
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In South Carolina, $129,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 34.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.3%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+13.7%
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%
South Carolina
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $129,960
- p25
- $97,470
- p75
- $166,000
- p10
- $67,300
- p90
- $204,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.