State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: California vs Virginia
Marketing Managers in California earn a median of $193,620. In Virginia, $187,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.9% — not 3.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.1%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-5.9%
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%
Virginia
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $187,820
- p25
- $142,820
- p75
- $246,900
- p10
- $107,710
- p90
- $292,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -13%
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.