State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Utah
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Utah, $125,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 36%.
Nominal pay gap
+36%
Colorado vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+30.4%
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
Utah
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $125,940
- p25
- $98,880
- p75
- $159,470
- p10
- $83,620
- p90
- $186,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.