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