State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Arizona vs District of Columbia
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Arizona, $138,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.7% — not 20.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.9%
Arizona vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-13.7%
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%
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.