State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs Oregon
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Oregon, $137,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.2%
New Jersey vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+20.9%
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%
Oregon
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $137,190
- p25
- $110,450
- p75
- $171,620
- p10
- $92,560
- p90
- $213,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.