State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: California vs Colorado
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In California, $159,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.1% — not 6.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.7%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-13.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $159,830
- p25
- $125,000
- p75
- $196,620
- p10
- $99,560
- p90
- $241,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +54%
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.