State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Kansas
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Kansas, $159,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 7.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.1%
Colorado vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
-6.4%
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
Kansas
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $159,850
- p25
- $125,900
- p75
- $200,650
- p10
- $101,890
- p90
- $221,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.