Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2003

13-1021 Purchasing Agents and Buyers, Farm Products

Purchase farm products either for further processing or resale. Include Christmas tree contractors, grain brokers and market operators, grain buyers, and tobacco buyers.

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Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
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National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
15,550	3.5 %	$22.86	$47,550	1.1 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$11.98	$15.63	$20.60	$27.30	$36.03
Annual Wage (2)	$24,910	$32,510	$42,860	$56,780	$74,940

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Farm product raw material merch. whls.	2,140	$21.58	$44,890	1	31
Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers	1,560	$27.02	$56,200	2	6
Electronic markets and agents and brokers	1,430	$22.18	$46,120	3	27
Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,410	$20.80	$43,260	4	36
Management of companies and enterprises	810	$29.03	$60,390	5	5

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Machine shops and threaded product mfg.	(6)	$43.36	$90,200	(6)	1
Computer systems design and related services	110	$38.37	$79,820	22	2
Sawmills and wood preservation	80	$30.25	$62,920	31	3
Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers	130	$29.23	$60,800	18	4
Management of companies and enterprises	810	$29.03	$60,390	5	5

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
South Dakota	250	$20.74	$43,130	0.071%	93
North Dakota	170	$22.92	$47,670	0.054%	82
Iowa	760	$24.67	$51,310	0.054%	115
Nebraska	410	$26.36	$54,830	0.047%	88
Montana	120	$19.19	$39,910	0.030%	168

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
Connecticut	110	$37.66	$78,330	0.007%	55
Vermont	50	$29.51	$61,370	0.017%	50
New Jersey	130	$28.29	$58,850	0.003%	161
New York	530	$27.64	$57,500	0.006%	177
Minnesota	360	$26.52	$55,170	0.014%	136

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA PMSA	50	$25.60	$53,250	0.055%
Fresno, CA MSA	180	$24.79	$51,570	0.053%
Yakima, WA MSA	40	$31.25	$64,990	0.052%
Omaha, NE-IA MSA	210	$31.02	$64,530	0.051%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA	80	$14.45	$30,050	0.043%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
San Jose, CA PMSA	50	$40.96	$85,190	0.006%
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA	60	$38.60	$80,280	0.011%
Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA	(6)	$34.74	$72,250	(6)
Detroit, MI PMSA	90	$31.39	$65,300	0.004%
Yakima, WA MSA	40	$31.25	$64,990	0.052%

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Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.

(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

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Last Modified Date: May 7, 2004