State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Mississippi
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Mississippi, $122,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 39.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.3%
Colorado vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+17.5%
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
Mississippi
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $122,940
- p25
- $89,990
- p75
- $147,700
- p10
- $68,690
- p90
- $174,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.