State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: New Jersey vs New Mexico
General and Operations Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $173,690. In New Mexico, $98,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.2% — not 76.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+76.1%
New Jersey vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+49.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $173,690
- p25
- $111,580
- p75
- $284,250
- p10
- $77,350
- p90
- $372,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
New Mexico
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $98,630
- p25
- $64,090
- p75
- $142,650
- p10
- $47,710
- p90
- $214,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.