State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Michigan
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Michigan, $142,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.4% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.5%
Colorado vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+12.4%
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
Michigan
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $142,120
- p25
- $117,990
- p75
- $174,850
- p10
- $96,530
- p90
- $214,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.