State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
General and Operations Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $173,690. In Iowa, $87,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.4% — not 49.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.5%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-37.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $87,690
- p25
- $60,200
- p75
- $129,990
- p10
- $42,850
- p90
- $191,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
New Jersey
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $173,690
- p25
- $111,580
- p75
- $284,250
- p10
- $77,350
- p90
- $372,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
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.