State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: District of Columbia vs Rhode Island
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Rhode Island, $134,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.6% — not 30.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.6%
District of Columbia vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+21.6%
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
Rhode Island
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $134,560
- p25
- $105,340
- p75
- $162,710
- p10
- $98,410
- p90
- $206,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.