State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs North Carolina
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In North Carolina, $138,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.5%
Colorado vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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
North Carolina
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $138,710
- p25
- $110,290
- p75
- $177,500
- p10
- $94,240
- p90
- $219,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.