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Procurement & Sourcing

Buyers and Purchasing Agents

Buyer and purchasing roles across manufacturing, distribution, retail, and project environments. Good fit for early-to-mid career procurement candidates.

Median salary

$71,950

Mean salary

$77,850

90th percentile

$121,680

National employment

477,980

Top-paying states

Published BLS geographic wage leaderboard for this role.

A published state wage leaderboard was not seeded yet for this occupation. The national salary band above is still available, and a future refresh can expand the geography table from the full OEWS export.

Metro benchmarks

Higher-resolution metro snapshots for candidates comparing specific labor markets.

Metro areaAnnual mean wageEmployment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$106,5903,630
California-Lexington Park, MD$105,600730
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$102,49015,140
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA$95,9006,450
Huntsville, AL$93,3002,540
Trenton, NJ$91,250780
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$90,3909,910
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA$90,38027,440
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT$89,9501,740
Warner Robins, GA$89,390580

Source

These figures come from the published BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics occupation profile pages. State and metro leaderboards on this page use the published annual mean wage rankings exposed by BLS for the occupation-specific geographic profile.

Source: bls.gov (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS occupation profiles, May 2023 public data)

Last updated: May 22, 2026. Salary geography snippets currently reflect BLS May 2023 occupation profiles.

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