State comparison · 2025
Lodging Managers salary: New Jersey vs West Virginia
Lodging Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $107,720. In West Virginia, $72,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 48%.
Nominal pay gap
+48%
New Jersey vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+21.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Lodging Managers
- Median
- $107,720
- p25
- $75,680
- p75
- $120,860
- p10
- $50,380
- p90
- $146,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
West Virginia
Lodging Managers
- Median
- $72,800
- p25
- $55,640
- p75
- $88,580
- p10
- $44,200
- p90
- $99,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.