Buyers and Purchasing Agents · SOC 13-1020
Buyers and Purchasing Agents Salary in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Buyers and Purchasing Agents in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $71,860 per year ($34.55 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $42,630 at the 10th percentile to $100,620 at the 90th. BLS estimates 590 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Buyers and Purchasing Agents in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area earn more than $71,860 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $56,620 and $80,380.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $42,630 | $56,620 | $71,860 | $80,380 | $100,620 |
| Hourly | $20.50 | $27.22 | $34.55 | $38.64 | $48.38 |
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
- Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$71,860 median for Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $56,620 to $80,380
- Minnesotastate$80,370 median for Minnesota; middle half earns $64,570 to $101,360
- 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 −11% vs Minnesota overall and −8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Minnesota
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.
- Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan areathis page$71,860 median for Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $56,620 to $80,380
- $88,320 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $64,320 to $104,500
- $82,710 median for Minneapolis metro area; middle half earns $67,250 to $101,720
- $75,830 median for St. Cloud metro area; middle half earns $61,340 to $93,080
- $73,390 median for Mankato metro area; middle half earns $62,290 to $86,220
- $72,800 median for Duluth metro area; middle half earns $59,060 to $89,540
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 Northwest Minnesota 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.