State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
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%
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.