State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs North Dakota
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In North Dakota, $130,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.6% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.6%
Colorado vs North Dakota
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
North Dakota
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $130,110
- p25
- $104,290
- p75
- $166,710
- p10
- $85,770
- p90
- $191,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.