State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs Wisconsin
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Wisconsin, $124,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 39.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.6%
New Jersey vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+20.8%
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%
Wisconsin
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $124,990
- p25
- $101,080
- p75
- $156,270
- p10
- $81,510
- p90
- $201,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.