State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Pennsylvania, $141,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 23.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.9%
District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+10.1%
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
Pennsylvania
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $141,790
- p25
- $106,020
- p75
- $170,190
- p10
- $84,480
- p90
- $213,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.