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Buyers

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The number of employed buyers is about 287,000. This occupation has a low unemployment rating.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Approximately 4% of employees work part time. 2% of buyers have ended up working for themlseves.

Training and Education

People with long-term on-the-job training have an easier time finding a job in this career. The percentage of employees with at least a 4 year degree or higher is 42%. Approximately 36% of buyers started in college but were able to get a job without a degree. Workers with a high school diploma but no further education represent 22% of the total. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs for this occupation are more popular (on a per capita basis) in Huntsville (Alabama), Warner Robins (Georgia), and Pascagoula (Mississippi), and less popular in Monroe (Louisiana), Laredo (Texas), and McAllen (Texas).

Without adjusting for the cost of living, buyers get paid the most in Washington (District of Columbia), Huntsville (Alabama), and Albany (Georgia), and the least in St. George (Utah), Morristown (Tennessee), and Hattiesburg (Mississippi).

Buyers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Buyers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Buyers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Buyers are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston120$53,5901.3
AlabamaAuburn50$53,8000.6
AlabamaBirmingham940$52,4500.8
AlabamaDecatur110$47,2801
AlabamaDothan90$44,6400.8
AlabamaFlorence70$42,3700.7
AlabamaGadsden60$49,3700.9
AlabamaHuntsville1,820$70,750 4
AlabamaMobile440$50,1801.1
AlabamaMontgomery400$51,2101.1
AlabamaTuscaloosa130$46,6800.7
AlaskaAnchorage400$60,7501.2
AlaskaFairbanks60$54,7601
ArizonaFlagstaff100$48,2400.9
ArizonaKingman120$41,2201.2
ArizonaPhoenix4,420$50,6301
ArizonaPrescott110$43,1100.9
ArizonaTucson1,480$55,6701.8
ArizonaYuma80$50,6900.7
ArkansasFayetteville350$45,6600.8
ArkansasFort Smith130$49,3000.5
ArkansasHot Springs50$41,3300.7
ArkansasJonesboro60$39,2900.6
ArkansasLittle Rock550$44,8300.7
ArkansasPine Bluff60$53,1801
CaliforniaBakersfield400$67,3300.7
CaliforniaChico60$43,4100.4
CaliforniaEl Centro70$58,8700.7
CaliforniaFresno380$46,6400.5
CaliforniaHanford40$53,7700.7
CaliforniaMadera40$59,0400.6
CaliforniaMerced60$47,5800.5
CaliforniaModesto220$49,9100.6
CaliforniaNapa100$55,8800.8
CaliforniaOakland2,490$65,5601.1
CaliforniaOxnard920$61,3401.4
CaliforniaRedding60$49,6900.4
CaliforniaRiverside2,190$51,7800.8
CaliforniaSacramento1,250$58,6200.6
CaliforniaSalinas150$50,9300.5
CaliforniaSan Diego3,500$62,4201.2
CaliforniaSan Francisco1,690$67,3300.7
CaliforniaSan Jose3,440$69,9801.7
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo120$59,3900.6
CaliforniaSanta Ana4,150$59,8001.2
CaliforniaSanta Barbara480$62,2801.3
CaliforniaSanta Cruz120$60,6100.7
CaliforniaSanta Rosa310$56,1500.8
CaliforniaStockton320$56,6700.7
CaliforniaVallejo200$61,6100.8
CaliforniaVisalia110$58,2400.4
CaliforniaYuba City30$58,3800.4
ColoradoBoulder640$62,6601.8
ColoradoColorado Springs890$63,0901.6
ColoradoDenver3,150$63,1901.1
ColoradoFort Collins290$61,3101.1
ColoradoGrand Junction90$47,1400.8
ColoradoGreeley130$56,5300.9
ColoradoPueblo60$50,7200.6
ConnecticutBridgeport1,090$66,5901.1
ConnecticutDanbury160$61,3301.1
ConnecticutHartford1,440$63,0301.1
ConnecticutNew Haven500$60,5400.8
ConnecticutNorwich380$67,2701.4
ConnecticutWaterbury80$56,3700.6
DelawareDover100$52,3400.9
DelawareWilmington740$63,7501
District of ColumbiaWashington8,910$76,0901.7
FloridaCape Coral250$49,7500.5
FloridaDeltona240$46,5500.7
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,040$51,4600.6
FloridaFort Walton Beach310$64,960 2
FloridaGainesville180$45,3700.7
FloridaJacksonville1,240$51,7800.9
FloridaLakeland350$49,4200.8
FloridaMiami1,800$52,0000.8
FloridaNaples180$47,8400.7
FloridaOcala160$49,5000.8
FloridaOrlando2,180$51,7600.9
FloridaPalm Bay880$56,630 2.1
FloridaPanama City160$56,5001.1
FloridaPensacola220$53,4300.7
FloridaPort St Lucie180$49,7100.7
FloridaPunta Gorda50$43,1700.7
FloridaSarasota460$46,0800.8
FloridaSebastian80$47,1000.8
FloridaTallahassee310$44,4800.9
FloridaTampa2,480$53,8600.9
FloridaWest Palm Beach1,230$55,9701
GeorgiaAlbany110$63,3900.9
GeorgiaAthens100$51,4600.7
GeorgiaAtlanta4,080$56,5400.8
GeorgiaAugusta400$61,3300.9
GeorgiaBrunswick50$61,4800.6
GeorgiaColumbus100$56,3900.4
GeorgiaDalton90$46,3700.6
GeorgiaGainesville120$54,1800.8
GeorgiaMacon120$46,3200.6
GeorgiaRome50$48,5500.7
GeorgiaSavannah370$51,4801.2
GeorgiaWarner Robins360$70,880 3.7
HawaiiHonolulu790$62,4500.8
IdahoBoise540$49,4400.9
IdahoCoeur Dalene80$45,3900.7
IdahoIdaho Falls80$56,1500.9
IdahoPocatello30$46,3000.5
IllinoisChampaign140$55,2600.7
IllinoisChicago7,390$61,5200.9
IllinoisDanville40$56,9400.9
IllinoisKankakee40$51,1200.6
IllinoisPeoria380$54,6101
IllinoisRockford310$50,5501
IllinoisSpringfield90$50,5200.4
IndianaAnderson50$51,2100.7
IndianaBloomington140$66,8601
IndianaColumbus130$52,7301.6
IndianaElkhart610$47,880 2.2
IndianaEvansville250$50,1100.7
IndianaFort Wayne560$54,3501.2
IndianaGary350$58,1400.6
IndianaIndianapolis1,970$54,2201
IndianaKokomo70$69,4701
IndianaLafayette150$55,8601
IndianaMuncie70$49,5400.8
IndianaSouth Bend240$53,7300.8
IndianaTerre Haute100$50,0800.7
IowaAmes100$49,1801.4
IowaCedar Rapids290$47,0201
IowaDavenport1,000$64,950 2.5
IowaDes Moines520$44,9000.7
IowaDubuque60$46,4700.6
IowaIowa City100$56,5600.7
IowaSioux City140$50,8901
IowaWaterloo120$43,6600.7
KansasLawrence50$43,9500.6
KansasTopeka200$60,3000.9
KansasWichita1,310$56,6101.9
KentuckyBowling Green90$47,3200.8
KentuckyElizabethtown90$61,0101.1
KentuckyLexington640$54,8001.2
KentuckyLouisville970$53,6300.7
KentuckyOwensboro130$44,8101.4
LouisianaAlexandria140$45,6001.2
LouisianaBaton Rouge600$52,4700.7
LouisianaHouma230$43,6001.2
LouisianaLafayette320$48,0501
LouisianaLake Charles110$47,9300.6
LouisianaMonroe60$43,4700.4
LouisianaNew Orleans900$49,2400.8
LouisianaShreveport250$45,4200.7
MaineBangor80$45,8600.6
MaineLewiston70$45,4800.7
MainePortland290$53,1900.7
MarylandBaltimore2,770$63,4900.9
MarylandBethesda1,830$69,0401.4
MarylandCumberland60$56,8300.9
MarylandHagerstown130$52,2400.6
MarylandSalisbury50$53,2700.5
MassachusettsBarnstable Town90$58,4500.4
MassachusettsBoston3,810$67,8801
MassachusettsBrockton220$52,6101.2
MassachusettsFramingham510$69,2801.5
MassachusettsHaverhill120$52,2000.8
MassachusettsLawrence120$60,6001.1
MassachusettsLeominster70$65,6100.7
MassachusettsLowell390$66,6101.5
MassachusettsNew Bedford60$52,4300.5
MassachusettsPittsfield110$52,2401.8
MassachusettsSpringfield700$64,1501.1
MassachusettsTaunton90$63,5001
MassachusettsWorcester430$59,6900.8
MichiganAnn Arbor390$57,8501.1
MichiganBattle Creek150$54,9201.6
MichiganBay City60$51,8900.9
MichiganDetroit2,400 1.5
MichiganFlint150$56,5800.5
MichiganGrand Rapids940$53,5901.1
MichiganHolland300$53,4401.4
MichiganJackson100$56,8601
MichiganKalamazoo300$49,9001
MichiganLansing420$59,6501
MichiganMonroe50$56,6400.7
MichiganMuskegon230$46,4901.9
MichiganNiles230$53,7201.9
MichiganSaginaw190$59,5701.2
MichiganWarren3,880$67,4901.5
MinnesotaDuluth150$52,9700.6
MinnesotaMinneapolis4,620$60,2001.1
MinnesotaRochester220$60,4201.1
MinnesotaSt Cloud170$51,1700.8
MississippiGulfport250$53,6101.1
MississippiHattiesburg60$35,2000.5
MississippiJackson480$45,1000.9
MississippiPascagoula260$56,890 2.8
MissouriColumbia90$45,0500.5
MissouriJefferson City150$46,6801.1
MissouriJoplin120$39,6300.7
MissouriKansas City2,410$54,8301
MissouriSpringfield310$43,7300.7
MissouriSt Joseph100$47,4301
MissouriSt Louis3,310$58,9501.1
MontanaBillings80$49,8900.5
MontanaGreat Falls30$50,5000.5
MontanaMissoula110$44,2901.1
NebraskaLincoln300$49,9800.9
NebraskaOmaha1,050$54,7101
NevadaCarson City50$50,7201
NevadaLas Vegas1,220$53,1800.6
NevadaReno260$50,0100.6
New HampshireManchester200$53,8000.9
New HampshireNashua410$62,2101.4
New HampshirePortsmouth110$59,7401
New HampshireRochester140$53,7401.2
New JerseyAtlantic City160$63,3700.5
New JerseyCamden880$56,2700.7
New JerseyEdison2,270$71,0601
New JerseyNewark1,790$67,9800.8
New JerseyOcean City30$52,6800.4
New JerseyTrenton470$66,3301
New JerseyVineland80$52,4600.7
New MexicoAlbuquerque770$60,7200.9
New MexicoFarmington70$56,6400.7
New MexicoLas Cruces110$56,2400.9
New MexicoSanta Fe120$42,1700.9
New YorkAlbany820$53,6900.8
New YorkBinghamton360$57,0401.6
New YorkBuffalo980$51,9100.8
New YorkElmira70$53,3201.1
New YorkGlens Falls60$52,1400.6
New YorkIthaca60$50,3700.7
New YorkKingston70$46,1900.6
New YorkNassau2,060$63,7500.7
New YorkNew York8,020$64,2400.7
New YorkPoughkeepsie440$63,5200.8
New YorkRochester1,300$54,3901.2
New YorkSyracuse620$52,1700.9
New YorkUtica240$53,1200.9
North CarolinaAsheville290$47,4400.8
North CarolinaBurlington110$47,5000.9
North CarolinaCharlotte1,720$52,8200.9
North CarolinaDurham710$64,0901.2
North CarolinaFayetteville180$55,0100.7
North CarolinaGoldsboro70$47,2101
North CarolinaGreensboro910$56,8201.1
North CarolinaGreenville90$52,0300.6
North CarolinaHickory310$46,9100.9
North CarolinaJacksonville70$51,6200.9
North CarolinaRaleigh920$53,6500.8
North CarolinaRocky Mount100$52,7500.9
North CarolinaWilmington130$50,4600.4
North CarolinaWinston Salem450$53,6801
North DakotaBismarck90$56,2300.8
North DakotaFargo180$52,5200.7
North DakotaGrand Forks50$48,8500.5
OhioAkron740$52,4401
OhioCanton320$50,4800.9
OhioCincinnati2,300$57,1201
OhioCleveland2,280$52,6600.9
OhioColumbus2,900$59,8201.4
OhioDayton1,530$66,4901.8
OhioLima100$51,6601
OhioMansfield80$44,6100.8
OhioSandusky60$51,5100.9
OhioSpringfield60$56,3200.7
OhioToledo460$53,8000.7
OhioYoungstown280$48,7800.5
OklahomaLawton50$54,3800.7
OklahomaOklahoma City1,430$55,4401.1
OklahomaTulsa1,210$49,3101.2
OregonBend100$48,7500.7
OregonCorvallis50$44,7400.9
OregonEugene270$43,3400.8
OregonMedford100$43,9300.6
OregonPortland2,670$54,8001.1
OregonSalem330$49,2101
PennsylvaniaAllentown520$52,8300.7
PennsylvaniaAltoona100$50,1100.8
PennsylvaniaErie470$45,1901.8
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg800$60,8401.1
PennsylvaniaJohnstown120$47,1701.1
PennsylvaniaLancaster490$51,2200.9
PennsylvaniaLebanon100$48,1001.1
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia5,240$61,1301.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh2,420$53,5600.9
PennsylvaniaReading280$51,6500.8
PennsylvaniaScranton400$46,3700.7
PennsylvaniaState College150$45,8501.3
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport140$47,2101.4
PennsylvaniaYork430$55,6101.1
Rhode IslandProvidence1,120$60,1000.9
South CarolinaAnderson110$52,3600.9
South CarolinaCharleston540$55,6300.8
South CarolinaColumbia730$49,0200.9
South CarolinaFlorence170$56,7401
South CarolinaGreenville600$54,4100.9
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach120$42,9400.5
South CarolinaSpartanburg260$51,8601
South CarolinaSumter70$51,5101.1
South DakotaRapid City70$48,6800.6
South DakotaSioux Falls220$46,4800.7
TennesseeChattanooga330$47,0900.6
TennesseeClarksville130$52,9700.8
TennesseeCleveland70$38,3501
TennesseeJackson110$37,0701
TennesseeJohnson City100$42,5200.7
TennesseeKingsport250$48,7101
TennesseeKnoxville600$52,4900.8
TennesseeMemphis980$52,4800.7
TennesseeMorristown50$39,3500.6
TennesseeNashville1,090$50,7700.6
TexasAbilene90$40,6900.7
TexasAmarillo150$47,1800.7
TexasAustin2,210$56,9001.3
TexasBeaumont400$51,1701.2
TexasBrownsville100$40,4500.4
TexasCollege Station130$47,1300.8
TexasCorpus Christi230$52,5600.6
TexasDallas4,970$58,1901
TexasEl Paso430$45,9900.7
TexasFort Worth2,100$56,4001.1
TexasHouston6,940$56,7501.2
TexasKilleen260$56,3601
TexasLaredo60$44,9200.4
TexasLongview210$45,5701.1
TexasLubbock120$47,3700.5
TexasMcallen130$38,7100.3
TexasMidland90$55,8300.7
TexasOdessa110$44,2901
TexasSan Angelo100$49,6001.3
TexasSan Antonio1,860$60,3301
TexasSherman40$42,0300.5
TexasTexarkana70$52,7300.7
TexasTyler130$49,1500.7
TexasVictoria50$42,8200.6
TexasWaco180$47,2100.9
TexasWichita Falls130$45,3901.1
UtahLogan120$44,9401.3
UtahOgden670$62,8301.5
UtahProvo330$49,3700.9
UtahSalt Lake City1,430$49,2501
UtahSt George50$36,5700.5
VermontBurlington220$54,2301
VirginiaBlacksburg190$52,8501.6
VirginiaCharlottesville230$46,8601.2
VirginiaDanville30$52,2000.5
VirginiaHarrisonburg110$42,2901
VirginiaLynchburg310$49,4201.5
VirginiaRichmond2,420$60,7801.8
VirginiaRoanoke300$46,2200.9
VirginiaVirginia Beach2,430$57,6901.4
VirginiaWinchester180$71,3001.7
WashingtonBellingham140$43,6300.9
WashingtonBremerton210$63,0101.2
WashingtonKennewick290$67,9701.6
WashingtonLongview70$50,7401.1
WashingtonMount Vernon100$66,7401.2
WashingtonOlympia280$52,3601.4
WashingtonSeattle5,200$64,8901.6
WashingtonSpokane450$46,2601
WashingtonTacoma530$52,1000.9
WashingtonWenatchee50$54,4700.7
WashingtonYakima70$53,3100.4
West VirginiaCharleston170$46,9300.5
West VirginiaHuntington170$46,1400.7
West VirginiaMorgantown90$47,4201
West VirginiaParkersburg130$55,0900.9
West VirginiaWeirton60$38,7000.7
West VirginiaWheeling50$47,6900.4
WisconsinAppleton290$50,5101.2
WisconsinEau Claire280$48,6801.8
WisconsinFond120$49,8701.4
WisconsinGreen Bay460$50,3501.3
WisconsinJanesville100$50,8400.8
WisconsinLa Crosse110$46,9300.8
WisconsinMadison760$51,7701
WisconsinMilwaukee2,460$54,4901.3
WisconsinOshkosh380$52,660 2.2
WisconsinRacine250$57,3001.6
WisconsinSheboygan90$50,8600.8
WisconsinWausau190$44,4801.4
WyomingCasper60$47,9300.8
WyomingCheyenne90$51,2401.1
 

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