State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Maine vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Maine, $135,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.1%
Maine vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-12.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $135,970
- p25
- $111,180
- p75
- $161,350
- p10
- $88,400
- p90
- $189,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.