Purchasing Managers · SOC 11-3061

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Purchasing Managerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for purchasing managers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 219 metro areas

Purchasing Managers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$198,980	700	0.6
2	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$180,340	330	1.4
3	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$180,000	980	0.6
4	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$176,300	410	1.5
5	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$174,640	1,940	0.7
6	Peoria, IL	$174,430	210	1.3
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$172,150	4,180	1.3
8	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$171,810	7,370	0.8
9	Rochester, MN	$171,340	80	0.6
10	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$171,280	70	0.4
11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$170,440	1,320	0.6
12	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$169,520	60	0.5
13	Ann Arbor, MI	$168,670	130	0.6
14	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$167,860	370	0.9
15	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$167,220	70	0.6
16	Lexington Park, MD	$166,230	70	1.0
17	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$165,910	2,590	0.9
18	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$165,870	240	1.2
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$165,430	1,260	0.6
20	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$163,660	1,490	0.8
21	Greeley, CO	$162,710	50	0.4
22	Kansas City, MO-KS	$161,910	690	0.6
23	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$161,620	80	0.5
24	Rochester, NY	$161,120	350	0.7
25	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$160,370	250	0.7

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Purchasing Managers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.