State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: Massachusetts vs North Carolina
Sales Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $191,200. In North Carolina, $150,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.1%
Massachusetts vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+13.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Sales Managers
- Median
- $191,200
- p25
- $141,040
- p75
- $235,420
- p10
- $100,510
- p90
- $321,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -12%
North Carolina
Sales Managers
- Median
- $150,470
- p25
- $100,480
- p75
- $211,950
- p10
- $69,350
- p90
- $297,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.