Buyers and Purchasing Agents salary
The median pay for buyers and purchasing agents in the United States is $77,710 a year. About 491,430 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $48,380
- 25th percentile
- $60,800
- Median percentile
- $77,710
- 75th percentile
- $100,820
- 90th percentile
- $128,870
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- District of Columbia $124,090
- New Jersey $93,250
- Maryland $90,900
- Virginia $89,210
- Massachusetts $85,970
- Washington $85,130
- Colorado $83,590
- Alaska $83,460
- Connecticut $83,030
- Delaware $82,920
- California $82,720
- Minnesota $80,370
- New York $79,460
- Illinois $78,470
- Maine $77,630
- New Hampshire $77,270
- New Mexico $76,740
- Ohio $76,410
- North Dakota $76,400
- Texas $76,050
- Michigan $75,900
- North Carolina $75,880
- Arkansas $75,870
- West Virginia $75,670
- South Carolina $75,550
- Arizona $75,340
- Oregon $75,050
- Nebraska $74,950
- Utah $74,540
- Georgia $74,530
- Hawaii $74,240
- Alabama $74,030
- South Dakota $73,990
- Pennsylvania $73,550
- Nevada $72,990
- Florida $72,850
- Wyoming $72,200
- Mississippi $71,850
- Oklahoma $71,850
- Wisconsin $70,880
- Iowa $70,360
- Kansas $69,500
- Indiana $69,350
- Idaho $69,240
- Louisiana $66,340
- Missouri $65,650
- Tennessee $65,430
- Vermont $65,330
- Kentucky $65,240
- Montana $62,850
By metro area
- Lexington Park, MD $111,530
- Washington, DC $104,880
- San Jose, CA $101,500
- Warner Robins, GA $100,120
- Peoria, IL $96,880
- Seattle, WA $95,970
- Huntsville, AL $94,990
- Kennewick, WA $94,790
- Dayton, OH $94,520
- Bridgeport, CT $94,280
- San Francisco, CA $93,600
- Trenton, NJ $93,060
- Boston, MA $93,010
- Ogden, UT $89,630
- Crestview, FL $89,170
- Rochester, MN $88,320
- Denver, CO $87,920
- Sierra Vista, AZ $87,850
- Parkersburg, WV $87,410
- Anchorage, AK $86,380
- Davenport, IA $84,730
- Baltimore, MD $84,590
- Providence, RI $84,590
- Colorado Springs, CO $84,370
- Boulder, CO $83,480
- Palm Bay, FL $83,360
- New York, NY $83,350
- Bremerton, WA $83,100
- San Diego, CA $83,090
- Hartford, CT $83,030
- Minneapolis, MN $82,710
- Minot, ND $82,580
- Los Angeles, CA $82,500
- Portland, ME $82,460
- Norwich, CT $82,450
- Richmond, VA $82,370
- Charleston, SC $82,240
- Santa Maria, CA $82,040
- Philadelphia, PA $81,470
- Napa, CA $80,960
- Salinas, CA $80,500
- Vallejo, CA $80,490
- Olympia, WA $80,450
- Lewiston, ME $80,360
- Detroit, MI $80,300
- Albuquerque, NM $80,290
- New Haven, CT $80,290
- Salem, OR $80,220
- Bakersfield, CA $80,120
- Pueblo, CO $80,120
- Sacramento, CA $80,090
- Fort Collins, CO $79,800
- Chambersburg, PA $79,770
- Santa Rosa, CA $79,700
- Fairbanks, AK $79,680
- Durham, NC $79,620
- San Antonio, TX $79,550
- Yuba City, CA $79,530
- Ann Arbor, MI $79,500
- Dallas, TX $79,420
- Oxnard, CA $79,390
- Virginia Beach, VA $79,380
- Wenatchee, WA $79,170
- Manchester, NH $79,120
- Springfield, MA $79,040
- Sumter, SC $79,030
- Modesto, CA $78,970
- Gulfport, MS $78,770
- Worcester, MA $78,690
- Chicago, IL $78,510
- Jackson, MI $78,410
- Portland, OR $78,380
- Atlantic City, NJ $78,250
- Bismarck, ND $78,210
- Greeley, CO $78,150
- Charlottesville, VA $78,020
- Vineland, NJ $77,990
- Burlington, VT $77,940
- Charlotte, NC $77,890
- Panama City, FL $77,840
- Kiryas Joel, NY $77,770
- Bloomington, IN $77,760
- Stockton, CA $77,760
- Binghamton, NY $77,380
- Idaho Falls, ID $77,250
- Santa Cruz, CA $77,250
- Raleigh, NC $77,210
- Austin, TX $77,150
- Columbus, OH $77,150
- Cincinnati, OH $77,070
- Oklahoma City, OK $77,010
- Hagerstown, MD $76,960
- Longview, WA $76,920
- Wichita, KS $76,840
- Merced, CA $76,820
- Phoenix, AZ $76,820
- Milwaukee, WI $76,800
- Urban Honolulu, HI $76,690
- Morgantown, WV $76,650
- Syracuse, NY $76,650
- Savannah, GA $76,570
- Midland, MI $76,500
- Waterbury, CT $76,450
- Oshkosh, WI $76,430
- Sheboygan, WI $76,430
- Rapid City, SD $76,400
- El Centro, CA $76,380
- Utica, NY $76,370
- Houston, TX $76,290
- Cape Coral, FL $76,280
- Orlando, FL $76,260
- Glens Falls, NY $76,240
- Omaha, NE $76,100
- Bellingham, WA $76,030
- Allentown, PA $75,970
- Albany, NY $75,940
- Fond du Lac, WI $75,920
- Fayetteville, NC $75,880
- St. Cloud, MN $75,830
- Riverside, CA $75,780