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State comparison · 2025

Marketing Managers salary: North Carolina vs Virginia

Occupation

Marketing Managers in Virginia earn a median of $187,820. In North Carolina, $165,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 11.9%.

Nominal pay gap
-11.9%
North Carolina vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

North Carolina

Marketing Managers

Median
$165,480
p25
$127,120
p75
$210,580
p10
$96,760
p90
$274,100
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
94.3
Hiring velocity (180d)
-53%
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Virginia

Marketing Managers

Median
$187,820
p25
$142,820
p75
$246,900
p10
$107,710
p90
$292,430
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
101.1
Hiring velocity (180d)
-13%
See full breakdown for Virginia

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.