State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs West Virginia
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In West Virginia, $147,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.3%
Colorado vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+1%
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
West Virginia
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $147,220
- p25
- $122,650
- p75
- $167,830
- p10
- $89,080
- p90
- $194,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.