State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: District of Columbia vs Michigan
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Michigan, $142,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.6%
District of Columbia vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+8.2%
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
Michigan
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $142,120
- p25
- $117,990
- p75
- $174,850
- p10
- $96,530
- p90
- $214,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.