State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Managers, All Other in Massachusetts earn a median of $182,950. In North Carolina, $141,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 29.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.6%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $182,950
- p25
- $146,190
- p75
- $227,670
- p10
- $110,970
- p90
- $309,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
North Carolina
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $141,160
- p25
- $104,050
- p75
- $182,390
- p10
- $74,990
- p90
- $244,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -78%
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.