State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Pennsylvania, $141,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 23.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.1%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+10.4%
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%
Pennsylvania
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $141,790
- p25
- $106,020
- p75
- $170,190
- p10
- $84,480
- p90
- $213,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.