Purchasing Managers · SOC 11-3061
Purchasing Managers Salary in the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Purchasing Managers in the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $94,990 per year ($45.67 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $61,640 at the 10th percentile to $150,010 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Purchasing Managers in the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area earn more than $94,990 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $78,200 and $117,140.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $61,640 | $78,200 | $94,990 | $117,140 | $150,010 |
| Hourly | $29.63 | $37.60 | $45.67 | $56.32 | $72.12 |
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 Alabama nonmetropolitan area$94,990 median for Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $78,200 to $117,140
- Alabamastate$130,710 median for Alabama; middle half earns $98,100 to $158,110
- United Statesnational$148,080 median for United States; middle half earns $115,550 to $182,270
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −27% vs Alabama overall and −36% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Alabama
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for purchasing managers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan areathis page$94,990 median for Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $78,200 to $117,140
- $146,970 median for Huntsville metro area; middle half earns $133,990 to $164,260
- $132,320 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $90,890 to $165,460
- $125,500 median for Mobile metro area; middle half earns $97,110 to $156,200
- $121,250 median for Montgomery metro area; middle half earns $87,800 to $149,430
- $114,960 median for Tuscaloosa metro area; middle half earns $92,200 to $138,960
- $110,900 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $92,070 to $158,140
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 purchasing managerss · Highest-paying occupations in Northwest Alabama 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.