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Purchasing Managers · SOC 11-3061

Purchasing Managers Salary in the Virginia Beach Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area

Figures describe the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Virginia Beach city limits.

Median annual wage$143,230
Median hourly wage$68.86

Purchasing Managers in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area earned a median of $143,230 per year ($68.86 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $104,260 at the 10th percentile to $201,000 at the 90th. BLS estimates 500 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Purchasing Managers in the Virginia Beach metro area earn more than $143,230 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $128,490 and $167,250.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$104,260$128,490$143,230$167,250$201,000
Hourly$50.13$61.77$68.86$80.41$96.64

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.

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How this area compares

  • Virginia Beach metro areathis metro area
    $143,230
  • Virginiastate (VA)
    $166,230
  • United Statesnational
    $148,080

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −14% vs Virginia overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$86,650$124,093$161,537$198,980San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $86,650Jackson, MS — $86,690Tallahassee, FL — $93,910Lafayette, LA — $93,950Jonesboro, AR — $95,290Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $98,720Niles, MI — $100,890McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $101,670Odessa, TX — $101,870Lincoln, NE — $106,080Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $106,440El Paso, TX — $107,730Lubbock, TX — $109,590Birmingham, AL — $110,900College Station-Bryan, TX — $111,240Fort Wayne, IN — $111,820Cedar Rapids, IA — $112,010Columbia, SC — $112,530Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $113,010Lima, OH — $114,430Tuscaloosa, AL — $114,960Urban Honolulu, HI — $114,990Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $115,290Springfield, MO — $115,320Oklahoma City, OK — $115,520Asheville, NC — $116,040Anchorage, AK — $116,670St. Cloud, MN — $117,130Champaign-Urbana, IL — $117,450Johnson City, TN — $117,730Bowling Green, KY — $118,400Roanoke, VA — $118,430Eugene-Springfield, OR — $119,870Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $119,920Amarillo, TX — $120,800Macon-Bibb County, GA — $120,890Clarksville, TN-KY — $121,060Tyler, TX — $121,180Montgomery, AL — $121,250Corpus Christi, TX — $121,490Lancaster, PA — $121,570Wausau, WI — $121,610Waco, TX — $122,250Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $122,410Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $122,910Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $123,410Appleton, WI — $123,490Killeen-Temple, TX — $123,590Chattanooga, TN-GA — $123,750Florence, SC — $123,920Baton Rouge, LA — $124,290Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $124,290Youngstown-Warren, OH — $124,310Sheboygan, WI — $124,490Tulsa, OK — $124,500Medford, OR — $124,600Reno, NV — $124,810Longview, TX — $124,980Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $124,980Green Bay, WI — $124,990Lynchburg, VA — $125,110Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $125,220Fort Smith, AR-OK — $125,330Gainesville, FL — $125,440Springfield, OH — $125,490Mobile, AL — $125,500Gainesville, GA — $126,010Madison, WI — $126,170Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $126,380Canton-Massillon, OH — $126,510York-Hanover, PA — $126,690Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $126,920Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $126,950Rockford, IL — $126,970Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $126,980Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $127,200La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $127,280Reading, PA — $127,290Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $127,460Fresno, CA — $127,510Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $127,950Billings, MT — $128,160North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $128,330Omaha, NE-IA — $128,390Kenosha, WI — $128,410Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $128,600Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $128,670Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $128,670New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $128,670Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $128,890Lexington-Fayette, KY — $128,910Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $128,960Winston-Salem, NC — $128,990Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $129,410Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $129,470Utica-Rome, NY — $129,590Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $129,700Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $130,040Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $130,490Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $130,510Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $131,070Midland, TX — $131,220Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $131,330Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $131,400Savannah, GA — $131,410San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $131,660Greensboro-High Point, NC — $132,020Decatur, AL — $132,320Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $132,470Columbus, GA-AL — $132,510Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $132,570Salisbury, MD — $133,290Athens-Clarke County, GA — $133,630Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $133,660Bend, OR — $133,720Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $134,020Cleveland, OH — $134,030Akron, OH — $134,140Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $134,270Spartanburg, SC — $134,370Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $134,660Ogden, UT — $134,690New Haven, CT — $134,810Albuquerque, NM — $134,990Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $135,240Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $135,260St. Louis, MO-IL — $135,400Springfield, IL — $135,560Erie, PA — $135,580Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $135,850Salem, OR — $136,050Toledo, OH — $136,590Tucson, AZ — $136,610Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $136,970Jacksonville, FL — $136,970Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $137,780Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $137,820Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $138,280Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $138,340Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $139,050Raleigh-Cary, NC — $139,050Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $139,430Knoxville, TN — $139,530Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $139,560Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $139,780Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $140,170Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $140,410Syracuse, NY — $140,590Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $140,820Colorado Springs, CO — $141,400Evansville, IN — $141,450Columbus, OH — $141,490Stockton-Lodi, CA — $142,100Portland-South Portland, ME — $142,240Pittsburgh, PA — $142,360Naples-Marco Island, FL — $142,550Chambersburg, PA — $142,950Modesto, CA — $142,970Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $143,230Jackson, MI — $144,120Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $144,270Topeka, KS — $144,440Boise City, ID — $144,660Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $145,170Wilmington, NC — $145,730Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $146,310Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $146,750Huntsville, AL — $146,970Fayetteville, NC — $147,370Richmond, VA — $147,410Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $147,600Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $149,030Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $149,990Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $150,190Charlottesville, VA — $150,260Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $150,530Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $151,990Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $152,000Burlington, NC — $152,870Vallejo, CA — $153,670Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $153,960Binghamton, NY — $154,610Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $155,080Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $155,500Wichita, KS — $155,970Morgantown, WV — $156,230Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $156,400Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $156,730Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $156,830Worcester, MA — $157,810Salinas, CA — $158,550San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $158,620Springfield, MA — $159,800Boulder, CO — $160,290Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $160,370Rochester, NY — $161,120Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $161,620Kansas City, MO-KS — $161,910Greeley, CO — $162,710Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $163,660Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $165,430Manchester-Nashua, NH — $165,870Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $165,910Lexington Park, MD — $166,230Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $167,220Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $167,860Ann Arbor, MI — $168,670Kennewick-Richland, WA — $169,520San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $170,440Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $171,280Rochester, MN — $171,340New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $171,810Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $172,150Peoria, IL — $174,430Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $174,640Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $176,300Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $180,000Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $180,340San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $198,980

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 Virginia Beach metro area has the 61st-highest published median for this occupation among the 219 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 Virginia

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for purchasing managers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Virginia Beach metro areathis page
    $143,230
  • Charlottesville metro area
    $150,260
  • Richmond metro area
    $147,410
  • Lynchburg metro area
    $125,110
  • Roanoke metro area
    $118,430

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:

General and Operations Managers$100,340Managers, All Other$143,230Financial Managers$163,940Medical and Health Services Managers$123,900Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$104,050Construction Managers$105,240

Highest-paying metro areas for purchasing managerss · Highest-paying occupations in Virginia Beach Metro

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.