State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Rhode Island
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Rhode Island, $134,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.3% — not 27.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.3%
Colorado vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+26.3%
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
Rhode Island
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $134,560
- p25
- $105,340
- p75
- $162,710
- p10
- $98,410
- p90
- $206,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.