State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In North Dakota, $130,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 34.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.1%
New Jersey vs North Dakota
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%
North Dakota
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $130,110
- p25
- $104,290
- p75
- $166,710
- p10
- $85,770
- p90
- $191,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.