Purchasing Managers in District of Columbia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$119,403
after federal, FICA and District of Columbia tax
Tax takes
$56,317
32.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$107,760
District of Columbia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in District of Columbia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$175,720
Kept after tax
$119,403
Worth in national money
$107,760
State rank
1
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for purchasing managers is strong here. District of Columbia's middle earner gets $175,720, putting the state 1 of 50 — about 18.67% ahead of the national figure.
- Within District of Columbia this is well-paid work. Of 390 occupations with published figures in the state, purchasing managers ranks 12 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- District of Columbia is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $175,720 the take-home is $119,403; in national-average money that behaves like $107,760. The average lands at $175,130, below the middle of the range.
- For purchasing managers, District of Columbia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $175,720, ranking 1 of 50 and running about 18.67% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation District of Columbia publishes a median for, purchasing managers sits 12 of 390 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for purchasing managers in District of Columbia, on $175,720, is $119,403; deflated by the state's price level, $107,760. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $175,130 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $147,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $175,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $195,190 |
| This salary | $175,720 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in District of Columbia | $119,403 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $131,371 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$27,429 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $158,211 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$38,997 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 111 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in District of Columbia earn less than $175,720. The published range is $147,220 up to $195,190, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $119,403 take-home in District of Columbia comes from $175,720. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 12 of 390.
- One number stands for prices across all of District of Columbia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $107,760, the adjusted value of that $175,720 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 12 of 390 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for purchasing managers in District of Columbia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $147,220 to $195,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $119,403, from $175,720, assumes a single District of Columbia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 12 of 390 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for District of Columbia, so $107,760 — the adjusted value of that $175,720 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 12 of 390 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $147,220 at the tenth percentile, $195,190 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. District of Columbia costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $107,760 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and District of Columbia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $119,403 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($147,220 to $195,190) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to District of Columbia rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
District of Columbia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $107,760 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $119,403 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and District of Columbia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.