State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Louisiana
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Louisiana, $109,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.6% — not 56.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.2%
Colorado vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+33.6%
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
Louisiana
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $109,630
- p25
- $89,660
- p75
- $145,270
- p10
- $77,870
- p90
- $179,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.