Average Buyers And Purchasing Agents Salary in Lexington Park, MD

Buyers And Purchasing Agents in Lexington Park, MD earn a median annual salary of $111,530, which is +43.5% compared to the national median. There are 730 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Lexington Park, MD (metro area).

$111,530

Lexington Park, MD median annual wage

$54/hour median

+43.5%

Difference vs national median

National median is $77,710

730

Local employment

10.4 jobs per 1,000 workers

3.28

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $68,720
25th: $84,590
Median: $111,530
75th: $138,030
90th: $168,210

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Lexington Park, MD, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

100.8%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$110,689

Goods: 99.7%
Services: 106.4%
Rents: 103.8%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$104,880	Compare	14,240
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$101,500	Compare	3,380
Warner Robins, GA	$100,120	Compare	580
Peoria, IL	$96,880	Compare	720
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$95,970	Compare	9,960
Huntsville, AL	$94,990	Compare	2,740

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Lexington Park, MD

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Chief Executives	$260,050	0.49
Physicians, All Other	$218,270	0.78
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$213,780	2.08
Architectural And Engineering Managers	$184,620	1.71
Commercial Pilots	$171,560	2.65
Dentists, General	$170,960	1.19
Industrial Production Managers	$167,040	0.49
Engineers, All Other	$166,230	14.58

Lexington Park, MD has salary data for 262 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Buyers And Purchasing Agents in Lexington Park, MD

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Buyers And Purchasing Agents are projected to change by +5.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 52,200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.