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State comparison · 2025

Purchasing Managers salary: Illinois vs New Jersey

Occupation

Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Illinois, $153,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 12.1%.

Nominal pay gap
-12.1%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-4.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Illinois

Purchasing Managers

Median
$153,370
p25
$127,070
p75
$183,930
p10
$100,990
p90
$225,450
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
100.0
Hiring velocity (180d)
+75%
See full breakdown for Illinois

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%
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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.