State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Alaska, $114,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.6% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.1%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-32.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $114,650
- p25
- $91,360
- p75
- $139,560
- p10
- $80,420
- p90
- $160,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.