Pay distribution $49,170 10th $60,390 25th $94,010 75th $118,850 90th
Half of Buyers and Purchasing Agents in the St. Louis metro area earn more than $73,280 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $60,390 and $94,010.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $49,170 $60,390 $73,280 $94,010 $118,850 Hourly $23.64 $29.03 $35.23 $45.20 $57.14
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 St. Louis metro areathis metro area
$73,280 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $60,390 to $94,010
$65,650 median for Missouri; middle half earns $55,480 to $85,180
$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 +12% vs Missouri overall and −6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $34,190 $59,970 $85,750 $111,530 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $34,190 Guayama, PR — $37,670 Arecibo, PR — $38,970 Mayaguez, PR — $39,410 Ponce, PR — $41,040 Gadsden, AL — $49,920 Homosassa Springs, FL — $49,940 Laredo, TX — $50,090 Hot Springs, AR — $51,750 Jackson, TN — $52,880 Punta Gorda, FL — $53,130 Sebring, FL — $54,020 Aguadilla, PR — $54,550 Lubbock, TX — $55,800 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $55,880 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $57,380 Missoula, MT — $57,540 Alexandria, LA — $57,740 St. George, UT — $57,740 Monroe, LA — $57,770 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $57,790 Columbia, MO — $58,260 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $59,010 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $59,010 Jonesboro, AR — $59,160 Hammond, LA — $59,420 Dothan, AL — $59,450 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $59,540 Tyler, TX — $59,810 Manhattan, KS — $59,940 Paducah, KY-IL — $59,990 El Paso, TX — $60,080 Johnson City, TN — $60,110 Tallahassee, FL — $60,170 Ocala, FL — $60,180 Medford, OR — $60,250 Texarkana, TX-AR — $60,390 Corpus Christi, TX — $60,570 Sherman-Denison, TX — $60,730 Altoona, PA — $60,740 Morristown, TN — $60,900 Valdosta, GA — $60,950 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $60,960 Grants Pass, OR — $61,000 Bowling Green, KY — $61,120 Jefferson City, MO — $61,260 Williamsport, PA — $61,400 Erie, PA — $61,920 Traverse City, MI — $61,920 San Angelo, TX — $61,990 Harrisonburg, VA — $62,240 Springfield, MO — $62,270 Grand Junction, CO — $62,340 Mansfield, OH — $62,350 Rocky Mount, NC — $62,350 State College, PA — $62,390 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $62,410 Muncie, IN — $62,480 College Station-Bryan, TX — $62,670 Pocatello, ID — $62,740 Joplin, MO-KS — $62,760 Albany, GA — $62,850 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $62,850 Logan, UT-ID — $62,850 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $63,000 Lafayette, LA — $63,030 Wheeling, WV-OH — $63,040 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $63,250 Fort Wayne, IN — $63,290 Victoria, TX — $63,340 Rome, GA — $63,470 Twin Falls, ID — $63,490 Topeka, KS — $63,500 Helena, MT — $63,600 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $63,620 Cleveland, TN — $63,650 Owensboro, KY — $63,690 Enid, OK — $63,720 Lawrence, KS — $63,770 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $63,770 Gettysburg, PA — $63,780 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $63,790 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $63,970 Dalton, GA — $64,050 Bay City, MI — $64,070 Beckley, WV — $64,070 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $64,210 Jackson, MS — $64,270 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $64,300 Knoxville, TN — $64,400 Billings, MT — $64,440 Abilene, TX — $64,480 Lebanon, PA — $64,500 Longview, TX — $64,610 Terre Haute, IN — $64,700 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $64,710 Killeen-Temple, TX — $64,730 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $64,840 Saginaw, MI — $64,940 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $64,980 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $64,980 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $64,990 Pittsfield, MA — $64,990 Montgomery, AL — $65,060 Flagstaff, AZ — $65,120 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $65,150 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $65,230 Casper, WY — $65,350 Bend, OR — $65,370 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $65,370 Bozeman, MT — $65,420 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $65,460 Kankakee, IL — $65,490 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $65,500 Ithaca, NY — $65,520 Roanoke, VA — $65,610 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $65,690 Canton-Massillon, OH — $65,730 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $65,770 Redding, CA — $65,830 Columbus, GA-AL — $65,940 Great Falls, MT — $66,040 Dubuque, IA — $66,050 Winchester, VA-WV — $66,060 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $66,210 Birmingham, AL — $66,260 Springfield, OH — $66,370 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $66,390 Tuscaloosa, AL — $66,400 Hattiesburg, MS — $66,540 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $66,540 Green Bay, WI — $66,560 Iowa City, IA — $66,660 Grand Island, NE — $66,710 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $66,710 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $66,710 Albany, OR — $66,750 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $66,800 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $66,820 Monroe, MI — $66,890 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $66,990 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $67,000 Lake Charles, LA — $67,050 Lancaster, PA — $67,120 Tulsa, OK — $67,160 Odessa, TX — $67,230 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $67,270 Charleston, WV — $67,370 Chico, CA — $67,410 Flint, MI — $67,550 Asheville, NC — $67,600 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $67,690 Decatur, AL — $67,710 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $67,720 Elmira, NY — $67,790 Corvallis, OR — $67,900 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $67,900 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $67,910 Yuma, AZ — $68,050 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $68,130 Fargo, ND-MN — $68,250 Yakima, WA — $68,300 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $68,410 Wausau, WI — $68,490 Cedar Rapids, IA — $68,630 Mobile, AL — $68,750 Toledo, OH — $68,850 Ames, IA — $68,880 Sandusky, OH — $68,990 Port St. Lucie, FL — $69,010 Visalia, CA — $69,050 Florence, SC — $69,180 Burlington, NC — $69,240 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $69,280 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $69,430 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $69,500 Bangor, ME — $69,520 Clarksville, TN-KY — $69,630 Reno, NV — $69,700 Lincoln, NE — $69,840 Evansville, IN — $69,900 Pittsburgh, PA — $69,990 Greenville, NC — $70,000 Johnstown, PA — $70,010 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $70,040 Lewiston, ID-WA — $70,100 Kokomo, IN — $70,140 Boise City, ID — $70,260 Kenosha, WI — $70,300 Farmington, NM — $70,340 Niles, MI — $70,390 Eau Claire, WI — $70,600 Kingston, NY — $70,680 Lynchburg, VA — $70,760 Wilmington, NC — $70,800 Appleton, WI — $70,940 Baton Rouge, LA — $71,150 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $71,160 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $71,270 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $71,470 Columbus, IN — $71,500 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $71,520 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $71,720 Columbia, SC — $71,820 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $71,830 Amarillo, TX — $71,840 Winston-Salem, NC — $71,930 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $71,960 Fresno, CA — $72,080 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $72,260 Gainesville, GA — $72,290 Tucson, AZ — $72,320 Lima, OH — $72,330 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $72,540 Reading, PA — $72,640 Dover, DE — $72,650 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $72,720 Duluth, MN-WI — $72,800 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $72,980 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $72,990 Gainesville, FL — $73,180 Carson City, NV — $73,230 St. Louis, MO-IL — $73,280 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $73,330 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $73,360 Mankato, MN — $73,390 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $73,500 Cheyenne, WY — $73,690 Spartanburg, SC — $73,690 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $73,710 Rockford, IL — $73,720 Elizabethtown, KY — $73,730 Decatur, IL — $73,780 Santa Fe, NM — $73,800 Battle Creek, MI — $73,840 York-Hanover, PA — $73,840 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $73,860 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $73,920 Hinesville, GA — $73,920 Jacksonville, FL — $73,920 Jacksonville, NC — $73,920 Las Cruces, NM — $73,920 Wichita Falls, TX — $73,920 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $73,960 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $74,080 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $74,170 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $74,220 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $74,230 Cleveland, OH — $74,350 Springfield, IL — $74,430 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $74,510 Walla Walla, WA — $74,640 Goldsboro, NC — $74,680 Kansas City, MO-KS — $74,740 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $74,750 Madison, WI — $74,770 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $74,800 Waco, TX — $74,920 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $75,040 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $75,110 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $75,140 Akron, OH — $75,230 Barnstable Town, MA — $75,310 Bloomington, IL — $75,420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $75,420 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $75,420 Midland, TX — $75,430 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $75,520 Rochester, NY — $75,550 Lawton, OK — $75,570 Salisbury, MD — $75,630 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $75,780 St. Cloud, MN — $75,830 Fayetteville, NC — $75,880 Fond du Lac, WI — $75,920 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $75,940 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $75,970 Bellingham, WA — $76,030 Omaha, NE-IA — $76,100 Glens Falls, NY — $76,240 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $76,260 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $76,280 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $76,290 Utica-Rome, NY — $76,370 El Centro, CA — $76,380 Rapid City, SD — $76,400 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $76,430 Sheboygan, WI — $76,430 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $76,450 Midland, MI — $76,500 Savannah, GA — $76,570 Morgantown, WV — $76,650 Syracuse, NY — $76,650 Urban Honolulu, HI — $76,690 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $76,800 Merced, CA — $76,820 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $76,820 Wichita, KS — $76,840 Longview-Kelso, WA — $76,920 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $76,960 Oklahoma City, OK — $77,010 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $77,070 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $77,150 Columbus, OH — $77,150 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $77,210 Idaho Falls, ID — $77,250 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $77,250 Binghamton, NY — $77,380 Bloomington, IN — $77,760 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $77,760 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $77,770 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $77,840 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $77,890 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $77,940 Vineland, NJ — $77,990 Charlottesville, VA — $78,020 Greeley, CO — $78,150 Bismarck, ND — $78,210 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $78,250 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $78,380 Jackson, MI — $78,410 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $78,510 Worcester, MA — $78,690 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $78,770 Modesto, CA — $78,970 Sumter, SC — $79,030 Springfield, MA — $79,040 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $79,120 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $79,170 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $79,380 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $79,390 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $79,420 Ann Arbor, MI — $79,500 Yuba City, CA — $79,530 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $79,550 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $79,620 Fairbanks-College, AK — $79,680 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $79,700 Chambersburg, PA — $79,770 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $79,800 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $80,090 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $80,120 Pueblo, CO — $80,120 Salem, OR — $80,220 Albuquerque, NM — $80,290 New Haven, CT — $80,290 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $80,300 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $80,360 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $80,450 Vallejo, CA — $80,490 Salinas, CA — $80,500 Napa, CA — $80,960 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $81,470 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $82,040 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $82,240 Richmond, VA — $82,370 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $82,450 Portland-South Portland, ME — $82,460 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $82,500 Minot, ND — $82,580 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $82,710 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $83,030 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $83,090 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $83,100 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $83,350 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $83,360 Boulder, CO — $83,480 Colorado Springs, CO — $84,370 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $84,590 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $84,590 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $84,730 Anchorage, AK — $86,380 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $87,410 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $87,850 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $87,920 Rochester, MN — $88,320 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $89,170 Ogden, UT — $89,630 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $93,010 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $93,060 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $93,600 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $94,280 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $94,520 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $94,790 Huntsville, AL — $94,990 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $95,970 Peoria, IL — $96,880 Warner Robins, GA — $100,120 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $101,500 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $104,880 Lexington Park, MD — $111,530 St. Louis metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The St. Louis metro area has the 169th-highest published median for this occupation among the 391 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Missouri 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.
St. Louis metro areathis page
$73,280 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $60,390 to $94,010
$74,740 median for Kansas City metro area; middle half earns $59,120 to $92,990
$66,990 median for St. Joseph metro area; middle half earns $55,420 to $79,880
$62,760 median for Joplin metro area; middle half earns $49,310 to $78,470
$62,270 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $50,270 to $75,600
$61,260 median for Jefferson City metro area; middle half earns $48,960 to $74,090
$58,260 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $43,550 to $79,240
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .