State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs New Mexico
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In New Mexico, $134,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
+27%
Colorado vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+13.6%
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
New Mexico
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $134,790
- p25
- $108,280
- p75
- $160,680
- p10
- $94,710
- p90
- $192,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.