State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Rhode Island, $134,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.9% — not 29.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.7%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+21.9%
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%
Rhode Island
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $134,560
- p25
- $105,340
- p75
- $162,710
- p10
- $98,410
- p90
- $206,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.