State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: California vs Wisconsin
Managers, All Other in California earn a median of $174,560. In Wisconsin, $107,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.6% — not 63.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.1%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+38.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $174,560
- p25
- $132,000
- p75
- $221,560
- p10
- $98,280
- p90
- $303,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -28%
Wisconsin
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $107,050
- p25
- $78,570
- p75
- $152,980
- p10
- $59,990
- p90
- $193,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.