State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Arkansas vs Colorado
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Arkansas, $156,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 8.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.6%
Arkansas vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $156,450
- p25
- $96,560
- p75
- $214,710
- p10
- $74,290
- p90
- $273,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.