State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: District of Columbia vs North Carolina
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In North Carolina, $138,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 26.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.7%
District of Columbia vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
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
North Carolina
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $138,710
- p25
- $110,290
- p75
- $177,500
- p10
- $94,240
- p90
- $219,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +400%
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.