State comparison · 2025
Industrial Production Managers salary: Delaware vs North Carolina
Industrial Production Managers in Delaware earn a median of $153,000. In North Carolina, $125,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.8% — not 21.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.5%
Delaware vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+14.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Industrial Production Managers
- Median
- $153,000
- p25
- $129,290
- p75
- $178,190
- p10
- $99,770
- p90
- $214,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
North Carolina
Industrial Production Managers
- Median
- $125,940
- p25
- $97,460
- p75
- $161,330
- p10
- $77,130
- p90
- $206,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.