State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: Massachusetts vs South Carolina
Sales Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $191,200. In South Carolina, $131,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.2% — not 45.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.9%
Massachusetts vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+29.2%
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%
South Carolina
Sales Managers
- Median
- $131,080
- p25
- $86,700
- p75
- $177,950
- p10
- $62,060
- p90
- $223,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.