State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Colorado, $171,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.9% — not 2.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.5%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+3.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
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.