State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Maryland
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Maryland, $161,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 6.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.1%
Colorado vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+8%
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
Maryland
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $161,470
- p25
- $130,510
- p75
- $180,480
- p10
- $102,900
- p90
- $199,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.