State comparison · 2025
Lodging Managers salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Lodging Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $107,720. In South Carolina, $62,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.3% — not 71%.
Nominal pay gap
+71%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+47.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Lodging Managers
- Median
- $107,720
- p25
- $75,680
- p75
- $120,860
- p10
- $50,380
- p90
- $146,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
South Carolina
Lodging Managers
- Median
- $62,990
- p25
- $45,690
- p75
- $88,370
- p10
- $37,950
- p90
- $113,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.