State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Minnesota
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Minnesota, $144,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.1% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.3%
Colorado vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+13.1%
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
Minnesota
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $144,810
- p25
- $118,190
- p75
- $175,470
- p10
- $95,200
- p90
- $216,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.