Buyers and Purchasing Agents
SOC 13-1020 · 2024-2034
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $84,108per year
- Projected openings
- 52,140
- Projected change
- +6.6%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $104,034 | 3,910 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $96,853 | 2,760 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $94,839 | 3,850 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $84,244 | 470 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $83,144 | 5,630 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $81,473 | 540 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $81,025 | 120 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $80,037 | 2,500 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $79,344 | 640 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $79,299 | 260 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $79,268 | 6,000 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $78,598 | 13,490 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $78,438 | 350 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $78,356 | 1,050 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $78,285 | 170 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $76,910 | 810 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $76,564 | 290 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $76,279 | 740 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $75,922 | 80 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $74,965 | 360 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $74,068 | 110 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $72,571 | 4,260 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $71,288 | 310 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $70,371 | 190 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $70,371 | 460 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $70,290 | 170 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $69,903 | 1,010 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $68,517 | 360 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $67,794 | 130 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $64,728 | 100 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $63,649 | 200 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $53,574
- A quarter earn under
- $67,260
- Half earn under
- $84,108
- Three quarters earn under
- $109,293
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $136,563
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management Analysts | $103,162 | 154,880 | +11.5% |
| Accountants and Auditors | $98,678 | 154,340 | +7.5% |
| Business Operations Specialists, All Other | $89,039 | 152,190 | +6.8% |
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | $96,289 | 122,600 | +9.4% |
| Human Resources Specialists | $84,901 | 97,470 | +10.4% |
| Project Management Specialists | $122,938 | 89,550 | +6.8% |