State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs West Virginia
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In West Virginia, $147,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.5% — not 18.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.5%
New Jersey vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-2.5%
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%
West Virginia
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $147,220
- p25
- $122,650
- p75
- $167,830
- p10
- $89,080
- p90
- $194,410
- 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.