State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: Colorado vs Wisconsin
Purchasing Managers in Colorado earn a median of $171,250. In Wisconsin, $124,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.1% — not 37%.
Nominal pay gap
+37%
Colorado vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+25.1%
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
Wisconsin
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $124,990
- p25
- $101,080
- p75
- $156,270
- p10
- $81,510
- p90
- $201,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.