State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs South Dakota
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In South Dakota, $128,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 33.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.1%
Colorado vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+14.4%
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 Dakota
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $128,670
- p25
- $114,390
- p75
- $152,530
- p10
- $95,100
- p90
- $187,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.