State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Tennessee, $137,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.6% — not 27.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.3%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+7.6%
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%
Tennessee
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $137,060
- p25
- $113,930
- p75
- $171,760
- p10
- $90,340
- p90
- $228,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.