Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

13-1020 Buyers and Purchasing Agents

This occupation includes the 2018 and 2010 SOC occupations 13-1021 Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products; 13-1022 Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products; and 13-1023 Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
421,280	0.7 %	$33.50	$69,680	0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$18.38	$23.69	$30.95	$40.69	$51.69
Annual Wage (2)	$38,230	$49,280	$64,380	$84,630	$107,510

Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43,680	1.77	$37.44	$77,880
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	35,560	1.77	$41.54	$86,410
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only)	17,680	1.24	$30.87	$64,210
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)	12,460	1.26	$31.43	$65,370
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	12,150	0.22	$32.16	$66,890

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	11,540	2.22	$39.47	$82,090
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	35,560	1.77	$41.54	$86,410
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43,680	1.77	$37.44	$77,880
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	7,150	1.76	$36.96	$76,880
Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers	1,200	1.71	$30.22	$62,870

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil	50	0.42	$49.19	$102,310
Software Publishers	820	0.19	$45.50	$94,640
Oil and Gas Extraction	1,770	1.25	$43.32	$90,110
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 And 5223 only)	1,660	0.08	$41.78	$86,890
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	35,560	1.77	$41.54	$86,410

Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	45,970	2.64	0.92	$35.06	$72,930
Texas	37,660	3.03	1.06	$34.97	$72,740
New York	25,840	2.71	0.95	$36.55	$76,030
Florida	22,600	2.57	0.90	$31.08	$64,660
Ohio	18,020	3.31	1.15	$32.60	$67,810

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Washington	14,910	4.49	1.57	$35.63	$74,110
Virginia	15,850	4.09	1.43	$38.05	$79,150
Kansas	5,140	3.69	1.29	$30.34	$63,110
New Hampshire	2,430	3.68	1.28	$32.80	$68,230
Colorado	9,720	3.63	1.27	$33.13	$68,900

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	2,540	3.51	1.22	$47.72	$99,250
New Jersey	11,410	2.79	0.97	$40.55	$84,350
Virginia	15,850	4.09	1.43	$38.05	$79,150
Maryland	9,080	3.36	1.17	$37.96	$78,960
New York	25,840	2.71	0.95	$36.55	$76,030

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	27,290	2.83	0.99	$39.16	$81,450
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	18,540	2.97	1.04	$35.16	$73,130
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	13,070	4.11	1.43	$43.76	$91,010
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	12,170	3.33	1.16	$39.39	$81,940
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	11,740	2.51	0.87	$32.11	$66,790
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	11,170	5.53	1.93	$37.39	$77,780
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	10,850	3.55	1.24	$35.88	$74,620
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	8,710	3.03	1.06	$36.57	$76,070
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	8,220	4.17	1.45	$34.50	$71,760
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	8,130	4.11	1.43	$36.34	$75,580