State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Oklahoma
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Oklahoma, $119,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 43.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.5%
Colorado vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+22.2%
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
Oklahoma
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $119,310
- p25
- $94,160
- p75
- $144,890
- p10
- $78,560
- p90
- $173,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.