State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: District of Columbia vs Virginia
Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $175,720. In Virginia, $166,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 5.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.7%
District of Columbia vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-2.8%
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
Virginia
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $166,230
- p25
- $138,250
- p75
- $195,190
- p10
- $109,270
- p90
- $222,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
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.