State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
General and Operations Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $173,690. In Illinois, $103,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.1% — not 40.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.4%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-35.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $103,570
- p25
- $72,300
- p75
- $167,980
- p10
- $53,240
- p90
- $269,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
New Jersey
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $173,690
- p25
- $111,580
- p75
- $284,250
- p10
- $77,350
- p90
- $372,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.