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Buyers and Purchasing Agents pay in Lexington Park, MD and Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Buyers and Purchasing Agents is $111,530 per year in Lexington Park, MD. It is $67,270 per year in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. Lexington Park, MD is 65.8% above Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 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 730 wage and salary jobs in Lexington Park, MD and 1,650 in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. 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.