State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: District of Columbia vs Indiana
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Indiana, $126,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 38.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.5%
District of Columbia vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+17.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $175,720
- p25
- $161,470
- p75
- $189,950
- p10
- $147,220
- p90
- $195,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
Indiana
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $126,880
- p25
- $100,670
- p75
- $161,920
- p10
- $80,270
- p90
- $192,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.