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Buyers and Purchasing Agents pay in District of Columbia and Indiana
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Buyers and Purchasing Agents is $124,090 per year in District of Columbia. It is $69,350 per year in Indiana. District of Columbia is 78.9% above Indiana on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1020 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,880 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 10,720 in Indiana. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.