Buyers and Purchasing Agents · SOC 13-1020
Buyers and Purchasing Agents Salary in the Mississippi
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Mississippi
Figures describe the state of Mississippi as a whole.
Buyers and Purchasing Agents in the Mississippi earned a median of $71,850 per year ($34.54 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $43,370 at the 10th percentile to $117,960 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,240 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Buyers and Purchasing Agents in the Mississippi earn more than $71,850 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $53,940 and $92,950.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $43,370 | $53,940 | $71,850 | $92,950 | $117,960 |
| Hourly | $20.85 | $25.94 | $34.54 | $44.69 | $56.71 |
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
- Mississippi$71,850 median for Mississippi; middle half earns $53,940 to $92,950
- 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 the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Mississippi
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.
- Mississippithis page$71,850 median for Mississippi; middle half earns $53,940 to $92,950
- $78,770 median for Gulfport metro area; middle half earns $62,050 to $100,420
- $66,540 median for Hattiesburg metro area; middle half earns $50,110 to $90,440
- $64,270 median for Jackson metro area; middle half earns $51,600 to $86,260
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 Mississippi
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.