State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Arizona vs Colorado
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Arizona, $138,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.9%
Arizona vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-16.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $138,940
- p25
- $113,510
- p75
- $171,080
- p10
- $97,810
- p90
- $211,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.