State comparison · 2025
General and Operations Managers salary: New Jersey vs West Virginia
General and Operations Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $173,690. In West Virginia, $82,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 73.2% — not 110.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+110.5%
New Jersey vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+73.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $173,690
- p25
- $111,580
- p75
- $284,250
- p10
- $77,350
- p90
- $372,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -69%
West Virginia
General and Operations Managers
- Median
- $82,500
- p25
- $59,550
- p75
- $125,180
- p10
- $45,500
- p90
- $175,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.