State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs South Carolina
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In South Carolina, $131,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
+30%
Colorado vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+18.2%
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
South Carolina
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $131,720
- p25
- $102,770
- p75
- $165,070
- p10
- $83,210
- p90
- $201,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.