State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Hawaii vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Hawaii, $113,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.7% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
-35%
Hawaii vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-35.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $113,490
- p25
- $89,610
- p75
- $147,330
- p10
- $82,200
- p90
- $173,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.