State comparison · 2025
Marketing Managers salary: Massachusetts vs South Dakota
Marketing Managers in Massachusetts earn a median of $212,020. In South Dakota, $167,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.8% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.4%
Massachusetts vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+5.8%
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%
South Dakota
Marketing Managers
- Median
- $167,750
- p25
- $121,070
- p75
- $233,820
- p10
- $101,350
- p90
- $233,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.