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State comparison · 2025

Purchasing Managers salary: Iowa vs New Jersey

Occupation

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
See full breakdown for Iowa

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%
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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.