State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: Louisiana vs New Jersey
General and Operations Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $173,690. In Louisiana, $101,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.4%
Louisiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-27.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $101,790
- p25
- $68,750
- p75
- $156,040
- p10
- $50,470
- p90
- $219,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.