State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs South Dakota
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In South Dakota, $128,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.6%
New Jersey vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+10.5%
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 Dakota
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $128,670
- p25
- $114,390
- p75
- $152,530
- p10
- $95,100
- p90
- $187,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.