State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Michigan vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Michigan, $142,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.9% — not 18.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.6%
Michigan vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-7.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $142,120
- p25
- $117,990
- p75
- $174,850
- p10
- $96,530
- p90
- $214,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
New Jersey
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $174,520
- p25
- $140,610
- p75
- $218,770
- p10
- $117,660
- p90
- $285,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.