State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Washington
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Washington, $162,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 5.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.2%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+9.2%
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
Washington
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $162,730
- p25
- $134,000
- p75
- $192,430
- p10
- $112,120
- p90
- $220,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +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.