State comparison · 2025
Purchasing Managers salary: New Jersey vs Washington
Purchasing Managers in New Jersey earn a median of $174,520. In Washington, $162,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 7.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.2%
New Jersey vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $174,520
- p25
- $140,610
- p75
- $218,770
- p10
- $117,660
- p90
- $285,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
Washington
Purchasing Managers
- Median
- $162,730
- p25
- $134,000
- p75
- $192,430
- p10
- $112,120
- p90
- $220,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +6%
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.