State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Louisiana vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Louisiana, $109,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.2%
Louisiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-22.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $109,630
- p25
- $89,660
- p75
- $145,270
- p10
- $77,870
- p90
- $179,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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%
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.