State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
General and Operations Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $173,690. In Kentucky, $79,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.9% — not 54.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-54.3%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-44.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $79,370
- p25
- $53,820
- p75
- $124,710
- p10
- $40,500
- p90
- $176,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.