State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Iowa, $121,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 30.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.3%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-13.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $121,580
- p25
- $98,270
- p75
- $154,400
- p10
- $81,500
- p90
- $197,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.