State comparison · 2025
Lodging Managers salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Lodging Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $107,720. In Iowa, $59,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.3% — not 44.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.6%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-31.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Lodging Managers
- Median
- $59,680
- p25
- $50,790
- p75
- $67,300
- p10
- $43,000
- p90
- $91,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
New Jersey
Lodging Managers
- Median
- $107,720
- p25
- $75,680
- p75
- $120,860
- p10
- $50,380
- p90
- $146,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.