State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Tennessee
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Tennessee, $137,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.9%
Colorado vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+11.4%
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
Tennessee
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $137,060
- p25
- $113,930
- p75
- $171,760
- p10
- $90,340
- p90
- $228,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.