Buyers and Purchasing Agents · SOC 13-1020
Buyers and Purchasing Agents Salary in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Buyers and Purchasing Agents in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $64,120 per year ($30.83 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $44,440 at the 10th percentile to $98,780 at the 90th. BLS estimates 420 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Buyers and Purchasing Agents in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $64,120 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $52,170 and $81,380.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $44,440 | $52,170 | $64,120 | $81,380 | $98,780 |
| Hourly | $21.37 | $25.08 | $30.83 | $39.12 | $47.49 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$64,120 median for Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $52,170 to $81,380
- Indianastate$69,350 median for Indiana; middle half earns $56,340 to $85,870
- United Statesnational$77,710 median for United States; middle half earns $60,800 to $100,820
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −8% vs Indiana overall and −17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Indiana
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for buyers and purchasing agents, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Central Indiana nonmetropolitan areathis page$64,120 median for Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $52,170 to $81,380
- $77,760 median for Bloomington metro area; middle half earns $59,240 to $95,540
- $75,110 median for Elkhart metro area; middle half earns $59,410 to $83,000
- $73,960 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $60,490 to $82,340
- $72,260 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $57,970 to $95,000
- $71,500 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $58,160 to $95,380
- $70,140 median for Kokomo metro area; middle half earns $55,570 to $85,620
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for buyers and purchasing agentss · Highest-paying occupations in Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.