State comparison · 2025
Sales Managers salary: North Carolina vs Virginia
Sales Managers in Virginia earn a median of $191,130. In North Carolina, $150,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
North Carolina vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Sales Managers
- Median
- $150,470
- p25
- $100,480
- p75
- $211,950
- p10
- $69,350
- p90
- $297,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
Virginia
Sales Managers
- Median
- $191,130
- p25
- $134,490
- p75
- $236,690
- p10
- $94,710
- p90
- $302,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.