State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Connecticut, $138,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.5%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-16.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $138,680
- p25
- $119,510
- p75
- $175,680
- p10
- $99,440
- p90
- $218,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
New Jersey
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $174,520
- p25
- $140,610
- p75
- $218,770
- p10
- $117,660
- p90
- $285,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.