State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Maryland, $161,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.1% — not 7.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.5%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-4.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $161,470
- p25
- $130,510
- p75
- $180,480
- p10
- $102,900
- p90
- $199,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.