Buyers and Purchasing Agents · SOC 13-1020
Buyers and Purchasing Agents Salary in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)
Figures describe the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous), a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Buyers and Purchasing Agents in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) earned a median of $72,020 per year ($34.63 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $44,240 at the 10th percentile to $102,080 at the 90th. BLS estimates 930 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Buyers and Purchasing Agents in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) earn more than $72,020 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $56,440 and $80,790.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $44,240 | $56,440 | $72,020 | $80,790 | $102,080 |
| Hourly | $21.27 | $27.13 | $34.63 | $38.84 | $49.08 |
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
- North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$72,020 median for North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous); middle half earns $56,440 to $80,790
- Ohiostate$76,410 median for Ohio; middle half earns $60,060 to $95,630
- 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 −6% vs Ohio overall and −7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Ohio
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.
- North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)this page$72,020 median for North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous); middle half earns $56,440 to $80,790
- $94,520 median for Dayton metro area; middle half earns $66,360 to $120,640
- $77,150 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $60,760 to $95,140
- $77,070 median for Cincinnati metro area; middle half earns $61,300 to $96,960
- $75,230 median for Akron metro area; middle half earns $60,090 to $86,720
- $74,350 median for Cleveland metro area; middle half earns $60,090 to $89,230
- $72,330 median for Lima metro area; middle half earns $58,350 to $83,220
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 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)
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.