State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Marketing Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $212,020. In North Carolina, $165,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.1%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+14.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $212,020
- p25
- $167,290
- p75
- $261,420
- p10
- $122,350
- p90
- $310,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
North Carolina
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $165,480
- p25
- $127,120
- p75
- $210,580
- p10
- $96,760
- p90
- $274,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.