State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: California vs Washington
Sales Managers in Washington earn a median of $174,000. In California, $134,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.1% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.5%
California vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-25.1%
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%
Washington
Sales Managers
- Median
- $174,000
- p25
- $130,610
- p75
- $226,150
- p10
- $104,000
- p90
- $291,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.