State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Texas
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Texas, $134,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.2%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+19.8%
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
Texas
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $134,670
- p25
- $105,990
- p75
- $169,930
- p10
- $86,340
- p90
- $212,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.