State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In South Carolina, $131,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 32.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.5%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+14.1%
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%
South Carolina
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $131,720
- p25
- $102,770
- p75
- $165,070
- p10
- $83,210
- p90
- $201,790
- 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.