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State comparison · 2025

Purchasing Managers salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey

Occupation

Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Massachusetts, $170,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.6% — not 2.2%.

Nominal pay gap
-2.2%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+0.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Massachusetts

Purchasing Managers

Median
$170,750
p25
$135,340
p75
$215,850
p10
$105,500
p90
$266,990
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
105.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-67%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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%
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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.