State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Montana
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Montana, $123,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.3% — not 38.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.7%
Colorado vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+27.3%
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
Montana
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $123,480
- p25
- $107,130
- p75
- $172,210
- p10
- $78,800
- p90
- $186,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.