Buyers and Purchasing Agents · SOC 13-1020
Buyers and Purchasing Agents Salary in the Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Buyers and Purchasing Agents in the Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $66,710 per year ($32.07 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,840 at the 10th percentile to $115,920 at the 90th. BLS estimates 100 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Buyers and Purchasing Agents in the Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $66,710 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,200 and $92,500.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $39,840 | $50,200 | $66,710 | $92,500 | $115,920 |
| Hourly | $19.16 | $24.14 | $32.07 | $44.47 | $55.73 |
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 Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$66,710 median for Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $50,200 to $92,500
- Louisianastate$66,340 median for Louisiana; middle half earns $55,550 to $88,610
- 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 +1% vs Louisiana overall and −14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Louisiana
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 Louisiana nonmetropolitan areathis page$66,710 median for Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $50,200 to $92,500
- $71,960 median for New Orleans metro area; middle half earns $58,740 to $97,110
- $71,150 median for Baton Rouge metro area; middle half earns $56,270 to $89,240
- $67,050 median for Lake Charles metro area; middle half earns $54,720 to $100,550
- $66,540 median for Slidell metro area; middle half earns $55,990 to $82,900
- $63,770 median for Shreveport metro area; middle half earns $53,840 to $84,670
- $63,030 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $53,940 to $79,220
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 Louisiana 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.