State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Maine
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Maine, $135,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.9%
Colorado vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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
Maine
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $135,970
- p25
- $111,180
- p75
- $161,350
- p10
- $88,400
- p90
- $189,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.