State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Indiana
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Indiana, $126,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.1% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
+35%
Colorado vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+22.1%
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
Indiana
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $126,880
- p25
- $100,670
- p75
- $161,920
- p10
- $80,270
- p90
- $192,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.