State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Mississippi, $122,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 29.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.6%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $122,940
- p25
- $89,990
- p75
- $147,700
- p10
- $68,690
- p90
- $174,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.