Purchasing

Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Buyers and Purchasing Agents — about 491,430 people — is $77,710. Department of Treasury pays a median base salary of $70,133 for this role, 10% below that figure — about the 39th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Department of Treasury is $72,453, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Purchasing is held in 25 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Department of Treasury, the median of $72,453 ranks #9 of 25.

This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense), the median of $55,883 ranks #1 of 2. See Purchasing across all of U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) →

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