Franklin County, Ohio / Contract Specialist
Role across Franklin County, Ohio
Contract Specialist
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
5 people hold the Contract Specialist role across 1 department in Franklin County, Ohio, with a median total compensation of $28,171. Among 7 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Franklin County, Ohio ranks #7 by median pay.
- Employees
- 5
- Median pay
- $28,171
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #7 of 7
Compared with the local labor market
Contract Specialist pay vs. the Columbus, OH area
Across all employers in the Columbus, OH area, the median wage for Buyers and Purchasing Agents — about 4,200 people — is $77,150. Franklin County, Ohio pays a median base salary of $27,771 for this role, 64% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Franklin County, Ohio sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Buyers and Purchasing Agents across every employer in the Columbus, OH area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Franklin County, Ohio’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Buyers and Purchasing Agents — about 491,430 people — is $77,710. Franklin County, Ohio’s median base salary is 64% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Columbus, OH range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 3 of 5 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Franklin County, Ohio is $28,171, 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.
Compare jurisdictions
Contract Specialist pay in other jurisdictions
Where Contract Specialists are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Contract Specialistroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.