State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Nebraska vs New Jersey
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Nebraska, $124,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.9%
Nebraska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $124,010
- p25
- $99,800
- p75
- $155,340
- p10
- $77,690
- p90
- $183,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.