RateOrchard
State comparison · 2025

Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota

Occupation

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%
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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
See full breakdown for North Dakota

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.