State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: District of Columbia vs Tennessee
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Tennessee, $137,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.2%
District of Columbia vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+7.2%
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
Tennessee
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $137,060
- p25
- $113,930
- p75
- $171,760
- p10
- $90,340
- p90
- $228,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.