State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: Iowa vs Virginia
Sales Managers in Virginia earn a median of $191,130. In Iowa, $134,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 29.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.9%
Iowa vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-19.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Sales Managers
- Median
- $134,010
- p25
- $99,780
- p75
- $172,810
- p10
- $72,130
- p90
- $220,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
Virginia
Sales Managers
- Median
- $191,130
- p25
- $134,490
- p75
- $236,690
- p10
- $94,710
- p90
- $302,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.