State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: California vs District of Columbia
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In California, $159,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 9%.
Nominal pay gap
-9%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-9.7%
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%
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.