State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Managers, All Other in Massachusetts earn a median of $182,950. In Iowa, $128,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
-30%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $128,080
- p25
- $89,800
- p75
- $165,840
- p10
- $61,280
- p90
- $218,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
Massachusetts
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $182,950
- p25
- $146,190
- p75
- $227,670
- p10
- $110,970
- p90
- $309,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.