State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Massachusetts, $170,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 2.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+2.9%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-0.9%
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
Massachusetts
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $170,750
- p25
- $135,340
- p75
- $215,850
- p10
- $105,500
- p90
- $266,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.