State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Virginia, $166,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 5%.
Nominal pay gap
+5%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-2.4%
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%
Virginia
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $166,230
- p25
- $138,250
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $109,270
- p90
- $222,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
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.