State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Idaho
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Idaho, $136,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 25%.
Nominal pay gap
+25%
Colorado vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+15.8%
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
Idaho
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $136,970
- p25
- $108,690
- p75
- $193,240
- p10
- $79,790
- p90
- $207,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.