State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Montana, $123,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 29.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.2%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-18.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $123,480
- p25
- $107,130
- p75
- $172,210
- p10
- $78,800
- p90
- $186,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.