State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Tennessee
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Tennessee, $131,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.8% — not 46.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.7%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+21.8%
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%
Tennessee
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $131,990
- p25
- $98,810
- p75
- $173,180
- p10
- $78,790
- p90
- $222,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.