State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Vermont
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Vermont, $151,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.2%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+13.5%
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%
Vermont
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $151,010
- p25
- $109,740
- p75
- $171,500
- p10
- $95,630
- p90
- $217,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.