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State comparison · 2025

Marketing Managers salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts

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Marketing Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $212,020. In Iowa, $131,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 38.2%.

Nominal pay gap
-38.2%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-25.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Iowa

Marketing Managers

Median
$131,120
p25
$103,550
p75
$166,830
p10
$80,160
p90
$203,180
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
87.8
See full breakdown for Iowa

Massachusetts

Marketing Managers

Median
$212,020
p25
$167,290
p75
$261,420
p10
$122,350
p90
$310,510
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
105.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-39%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.