State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Vermont
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Vermont, $135,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.9% — not 26.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.2%
Colorado vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+19.9%
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
Vermont
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $135,720
- p25
- $116,230
- p75
- $164,400
- p10
- $94,240
- p90
- $179,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.