State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs South Carolina
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In South Carolina, $143,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 35.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.1%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+14.4%
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%
South Carolina
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $143,290
- p25
- $105,170
- p75
- $192,520
- p10
- $79,870
- p90
- $275,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.