State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Kentucky
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Kentucky, $124,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.5% — not 37.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.7%
Colorado vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+20.5%
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
Kentucky
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $124,350
- p25
- $96,470
- p75
- $144,720
- p10
- $76,770
- p90
- $174,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.