The highest-paying states for purchasing managers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of purchasing managers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $152,480, New Jersey is the highest paying state for purchasing managers. It is followed by New York (average annual salary $143,300). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2020 [1]. For more salary information of purchasing managers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | $152,480 |
$103,300 | 2,010 |
| 2 | New York | $143,300 |
$82,080 | 4,310 |
| 3 | Colorado | $141,980 |
$97,460 | 910 |
| 4 | District of Columbia | $139,000 |
$121,090 | 1,670 |
| 5 | Maryland | $134,840 |
$89,820 | 1,790 |
| 6 | California | $134,750 |
$84,340 | 7,830 |
| 7 | Delaware | $133,880 |
$85,470 | 180 |
| 8 | Virginia | $133,690 |
$87,990 | 2,680 |
| 9 | Washington | $130,440 |
$83,050 | 1,540 |
| 10 | Rhode Island | $126,790 |
$97,520 | 190 |
| 11 | Texas | $125,530 |
$77,400 | 6,150 |
| 12 | Massachusetts | $124,390 |
$73,170 | 3,020 |
| 13 | New Hampshire | $122,030 |
$81,710 | 520 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania | $119,870 |
$76,800 | 2,340 |
| 15 | Connecticut | $119,110 |
$78,450 | 1,780 |
| 16 | Michigan | $117,400 |
$73,530 | 2,060 |
| 17 | Minnesota | $117,220 |
$78,720 | 2,050 |
| 18 | North Dakota | $116,840 |
$72,720 | 90 |
| 19 | West Virginia | $116,840 |
$61,140 | 120 |
| 20 | Arizona | $116,270 |
$68,720 | 1,310 |
| 21 | South Dakota | $116,090 |
$82,540 | 50 |
| 22 | Ohio | $114,620 |
$71,510 | 2,230 |
| 23 | North Carolina | $112,960 |
$72,830 | 2,360 |
| 24 | Georgia | $111,990 |
$64,700 | 2,370 |
| 25 | Illinois | $111,960 |
$69,880 | 4,380 |
| 26 | Missouri | $111,710 |
$72,700 | 770 |
| 27 | Maine | $109,740 |
$63,660 | 250 |
| 28 | Kentucky | $108,680 |
$60,700 | 850 |
| 29 | Alabama | $108,140 |
$64,730 | 880 |
| 30 | Vermont | $106,840 |
$60,270 | 150 |
| 31 | Nevada | $106,660 |
$75,790 | 480 |
| 32 | Florida | $106,400 |
$57,040 | 3,270 |
| 33 | Montana | $105,970 |
$64,790 | 60 |
| 34 | New Mexico | $105,150 |
$61,900 | 210 |
| 35 | Wyoming | $104,410 |
$73,270 | 30 |
| 36 | Indiana | $104,360 |
$63,630 | 1,340 |
| 37 | Wisconsin | $101,990 |
$71,250 | 1,200 |
| 38 | Alaska | $101,950 |
$60,120 | 160 |
| 39 | Oklahoma | $101,610 |
$60,200 | 530 |
| 40 | Oregon | $101,130 |
$58,590 | 1,340 |
| 41 | Kansas | $100,660 |
$68,430 | 580 |
| 42 | South Carolina | $99,270 |
$59,390 | 830 |
| 43 | Nebraska | $98,980 |
$62,680 | 370 |
| 44 | Mississippi | $97,640 |
$54,350 | 430 |
| 45 | Utah | $97,470 |
$64,840 | 470 |
| 46 | Hawaii | $97,300 |
$65,840 | 260 |
| 47 | Arkansas | $97,250 |
$53,180 | 600 |
| 48 | Tennessee | $97,220 |
$57,270 | 1,560 |
| 49 | Iowa | $94,790 |
$64,470 | 710 |
| 50 | Idaho | $89,930 |
$57,750 | 270 |
| 51 | Louisiana | $87,860 |
$52,210 | 560 |
| 52 | Virgin Islands | $81,470 |
$39,350 | 40 |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | $64,210 |
$35,220 | 410 |
| 54 | Guam | $58,440 |
$34,130 | 80 |