State comparison · 2025
Managers, All Other salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Managers, All Other in Massachusetts earn a median of $182,950. In Virginia, $166,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.2% — not 10.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.1%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+5.2%
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%
Virginia
Managers, All Other
- Median
- $166,230
- p25
- $138,670
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $110,100
- p90
- $224,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.