State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Alaska vs District of Columbia
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Alaska, $114,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30% — not 34.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.8%
Alaska vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-30%
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
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.