State comparison · 2025
Management Analysts salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Management Analysts in Massachusetts earn a median of $134,720. In North Carolina, $98,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.8% — not 36.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.7%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+21.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Management Analysts
- Median
- $134,720
- p25
- $103,150
- p75
- $168,800
- p10
- $82,490
- p90
- $216,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
North Carolina
Management Analysts
- Median
- $98,560
- p25
- $73,320
- p75
- $131,360
- p10
- $49,990
- p90
- $163,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.