State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Alabama, $130,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.9% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.6%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-7.9%
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
District of Columbia
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $175,720
- p25
- $161,470
- p75
- $189,950
- p10
- $147,220
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.