State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Missouri
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Missouri, $132,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 29.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.6%
Colorado vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+14.2%
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
Missouri
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $132,100
- p25
- $98,600
- p75
- $163,650
- p10
- $80,080
- p90
- $205,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.