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Purchasing Managers earn $148,080 a year at the midpoint

From about $92,490 at the low end to $223,280 at the top, with $148,080 in the middle — the 2025 survey, published as reported.

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$148,080median a year · United States
$71.19an hour $156,360average 84,320people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$115,55025th $148,080median $182,27075th
$92,49010th percentile $223,28090th percentile
$115,550a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$175,720best-paying state · District of Columbia
$109,630lowest-paying state · Louisiana
+19%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

Among the best-paidNumber 23 of 788 occupations by median pay — in the top five per cent.
State matters a lotThe same job pays $175,720 in District of Columbia and $109,630 in Louisiana — a gap of $66,090 a year.

Purchasing manager earnings, from starting pay to the highest 10%

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Purchasing manager pay rate, from hourly to yearly

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$148,075a year

Neighbouring work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Purchasing Managers$148,080
Computer and Information Systems Managers$175,140+$27,060 Financial Managers$166,570+$18,490 Industrial Production Managers$126,060−$22,020 Administrative Services Managers$114,130−$33,950 Facilities Managers$106,660−$41,420

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  • Developed and implemented purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.
  • Located vendors of materials, equipment or supplies, and interview them to determine product availability and terms of sales.
  • Prepared bid awards requiring board approval.

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Number 23 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 97% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 21 Compensation and Benefits Managers $149,230
  2. 22 Sales Managers $148,270
  3. 23 Purchasing Managers $148,080
  4. 24 Air Traffic Controllers $148,080
  5. 25 Medical Dosimetrists $147,470

Purchasing manager wages in each state

Across 50 states the median ranges by 1.60 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
District of Columbia $175,720 $147,220 $147,220 — $195,190 1,110
New Jersey $174,520 $117,660 $117,660 — $285,280 3,430
Colorado $171,250 $122,790 $122,790 — $247,610 1,320
Massachusetts $170,750 $105,500 $105,500 — $266,990 2,160
New York $166,300 $102,800 $102,800 — $282,360 6,930
Virginia $166,230 $109,270 $109,270 — $222,230 3,540
New Hampshire $162,900 $104,010 $104,010 — $214,710 540
Washington $162,730 $112,120 $112,120 — $220,350 1,770
Maryland $161,470 $102,900 $102,900 — $199,950 2,380
Kansas $159,850 $101,890 $101,890 — $221,670 920
California $159,830 $99,560 $99,560 — $241,340 7,470
Arkansas $156,450 $74,290 $74,290 — $273,100 930
Georgia $155,360 $91,560 $91,560 — $250,120 3,430
Illinois $153,370 $100,990 $100,990 — $225,450 4,160
West Virginia $147,220 $89,080 $89,080 — $194,410 180
Minnesota $144,810 $95,200 $95,200 — $216,480 1,340
Michigan $142,120 $96,530 $96,530 — $214,780 2,780
Pennsylvania $141,790 $84,480 $84,480 — $213,390 2,530
Arizona $138,940 $97,810 $97,810 — $211,510 1,630
North Carolina $138,710 $94,240 $94,240 — $219,150 2,670
Connecticut $138,680 $99,440 $99,440 — $218,460 1,420
Oregon $137,190 $92,560 $92,560 — $213,110 980
Tennessee $137,060 $90,340 $90,340 — $228,230 1,460
Idaho $136,970 $79,790 $79,790 — $207,010 270
Maine $135,970 $88,400 $88,400 — $189,970 170
Vermont $135,720 $94,240 $94,240 — $179,360 90
New Mexico $134,790 $94,710 $94,710 — $192,480 240
Texas $134,670 $86,340 $86,340 — $212,340 9,640
Ohio $134,580 $93,780 $93,780 — $216,800 3,490
Rhode Island $134,560 $98,410 $98,410 — $206,980 220
Florida $133,410 $76,460 $76,460 — $211,410 3,960
Missouri $132,100 $80,080 $80,080 — $205,880 960
South Carolina $131,720 $83,210 $83,210 — $201,790 830
Alabama $130,710 $77,990 $77,990 — $188,140 1,520
North Dakota $130,110 $85,770 $85,770 — $191,620 50
South Dakota $128,670 $95,100 $95,100 — $187,190 70
Indiana $126,880 $80,270 $80,270 — $192,260 1,190
Utah $125,940 $83,620 $83,620 — $186,710 510
Wisconsin $124,990 $81,510 $81,510 — $201,990 1,610
Kentucky $124,350 $76,770 $76,770 — $174,690 920
Nebraska $124,010 $77,690 $77,690 — $183,930 440
Montana $123,480 $78,800 $78,800 — $186,280 160
Wyoming $123,380 $87,530 $87,530 — $170,820 40
Mississippi $122,940 $68,690 $68,690 — $174,820 320
Iowa $121,580 $81,500 $81,500 — $197,010 610
Nevada $120,270 $76,680 $76,680 — $184,850 450
Oklahoma $119,310 $78,560 $78,560 — $173,930 480
Alaska $114,650 $80,420 $80,420 — $160,650 140
Hawaii $113,490 $82,200 $82,200 — $173,310 220
Louisiana $109,630 $77,870 $77,870 — $179,000 470

No estimate is published for 1 states: the survey withholds a figure when too few employers report it. Nothing has been filled in for them.

What people often ask

What is a purchasing manager’s yearly income?

A purchasing manager makes a median of $148,080 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $115,550 and $182,270.

What is a purchasing manager’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $71.19 an hour; the average is $156,360 a year.

What is the starting pay for a purchasing manager?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $115,550 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $92,490.

Which state pays purchasing managers the most?

District of Columbia, with a median of $175,720 a year.

How many people work as purchasing managers?

About 84,320 in the United States — number 23 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays roughly the same

Median pay within $6,180 of what purchasing managers earn — $148,080 a year — but not always the same spread.

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