State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Alabama vs Colorado
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Alabama, $130,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 23.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.7%
Alabama vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-11.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $130,710
- p25
- $98,100
- p75
- $158,110
- p10
- $77,990
- p90
- $188,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Colorado
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $171,250
- p25
- $141,190
- p75
- $209,740
- p10
- $122,790
- p90
- $247,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.