State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Illinois
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Illinois, $153,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 11.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.7%
Colorado vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
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
Illinois
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $153,370
- p25
- $127,070
- p75
- $183,930
- p10
- $100,990
- p90
- $225,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
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.