State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Ohio
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Ohio, $134,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.2%
Colorado vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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
Ohio
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $134,580
- p25
- $109,280
- p75
- $169,060
- p10
- $93,780
- p90
- $216,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.