State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Arkansas, $156,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 11%.
Nominal pay gap
-11%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+12.6%
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
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.