State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs New Mexico
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In New Mexico, $134,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.5%
New Jersey vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+9.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
New Mexico
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $134,790
- p25
- $108,280
- p75
- $160,680
- p10
- $94,710
- p90
- $192,480
- 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.