State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
General and Operations Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $173,690. In North Carolina, $101,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.7% — not 70.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+70.4%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+47.7%
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%
North Carolina
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $101,950
- p25
- $66,800
- p75
- $162,170
- p10
- $48,340
- p90
- $238,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -52%
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.