State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: California vs Texas
Sales Managers in Texas earn a median of $136,020. In California, $134,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 0.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.8%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-13%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Sales Managers
- Median
- $134,910
- p25
- $91,210
- p75
- $206,710
- p10
- $64,430
- p90
- $300,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
Texas
Sales Managers
- Median
- $136,020
- p25
- $96,450
- p75
- $193,630
- p10
- $68,750
- p90
- $268,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -68%
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.