State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Nebraska
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Nebraska, $124,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.7% — not 38.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.1%
Colorado vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+20.7%
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
Nebraska
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $124,010
- p25
- $99,800
- p75
- $155,340
- p10
- $77,690
- p90
- $183,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.