State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Iowa
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Iowa, $121,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20% — not 40.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.9%
Colorado vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+20%
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
Iowa
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $121,580
- p25
- $98,270
- p75
- $154,400
- p10
- $81,500
- p90
- $197,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.