State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs Utah
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Utah, $125,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 38.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.6%
New Jersey vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+26%
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%
Utah
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $125,940
- p25
- $98,880
- p75
- $159,470
- p10
- $83,620
- p90
- $186,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.