State comparison · 2025
Industrial Production Managers salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Industrial Production Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $148,050. In North Carolina, $125,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.8% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.6%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+4.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Industrial Production Managers
- Median
- $148,050
- p25
- $125,390
- p75
- $184,050
- p10
- $99,920
- p90
- $227,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
North Carolina
Industrial Production Managers
- Median
- $125,940
- p25
- $97,460
- p75
- $161,330
- p10
- $77,130
- p90
- $206,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.