State comparison · 2025
Lodging Managers salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Lodging Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $107,720. In Kentucky, $59,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.4% — not 44.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.8%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-33.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Lodging Managers
- Median
- $59,440
- p25
- $49,940
- p75
- $80,600
- p10
- $37,150
- p90
- $94,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.