State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs Texas
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Texas, $134,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 29.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.6%
New Jersey vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+15.7%
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%
Texas
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $134,670
- p25
- $105,990
- p75
- $169,930
- p10
- $86,340
- p90
- $212,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.