State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Managers, All Other in Massachusetts earn a median of $182,950. In South Carolina, $129,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.7% — not 40.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.8%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+24.7%
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%
South Carolina
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $129,960
- p25
- $97,470
- p75
- $166,000
- p10
- $67,300
- p90
- $204,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.