State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In North Carolina, $138,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.8%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+9%
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%
North Carolina
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $138,710
- p25
- $110,290
- p75
- $177,500
- p10
- $94,240
- p90
- $219,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.