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State comparison · 2025

Purchasing Managers salary: Indiana vs New Jersey

Occupation

Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Indiana, $126,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 27.3%.

Nominal pay gap
-27.3%
Indiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Indiana

Purchasing Managers

Median
$126,880
p25
$100,670
p75
$161,920
p10
$80,270
p90
$192,260
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
93.3
Hiring velocity (180d)
-80%
See full breakdown for Indiana

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.