State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: District of Columbia vs Texas
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Texas, $134,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.5%
District of Columbia vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+15.3%
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
Texas
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $134,670
- p25
- $105,990
- p75
- $169,930
- p10
- $86,340
- p90
- $212,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.