Highest-paying Cities for Farm Products Buyers and Purchasing Agents

The top 100 highest paying cities for farm products buyers and purchasing agents (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 farm products buyers and purchasing agents in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $89,940, Toledo, Ohio is the highest paying city for farm products buyers and purchasing agents. It is followed by Iowa City, Iowa (average annual salary $87,760). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of farm products buyers and purchasing agents in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Farm Products Buyers and Purchasing Agents

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Toledo, Ohio	$89,940	$56,280	40
2	Iowa City, Iowa	$87,760	$57,660	n/a
3	Modesto, California	$84,830	$41,390	60
4	South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$83,100	$27,400	n/a
5	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$78,910	$48,620	70
6	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$76,410	$49,800	30
7	Salinas, California	$74,200	$55,250	40
8	Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$73,830	$43,560	50
9	Syracuse, New York	$73,480	$44,340	40
10	Central South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$71,270	$46,400	30
11	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$71,160	$38,800	210
12	Salisbury, Maryland	$70,570	$42,440	30
13	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$70,470	$40,140	40
14	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$70,440	$40,110	30
15	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$70,080	$50,890	50
16	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$69,770	$45,110	n/a
17	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$69,310	$38,830	200
18	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$69,290	$42,040	240
19	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$69,020	$40,620	n/a
20	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$68,350	$41,340	110
21	Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$68,150	$37,020	30
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$67,760	$34,120	370
23	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$67,740	$28,810	30
24	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$67,720	$43,790	70
25	Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$67,510	$48,080	40
26	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$67,350	$52,650	200
27	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$67,070	$38,340	40
28	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$67,020	$37,350	160
29	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$66,710	$42,400	70
30	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$66,640	$42,930	60
31	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$66,500	$42,550	200
32	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$65,940	$53,670	n/a
33	Kansas City, Missouri	$65,940	$44,460	170
34	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$65,870	$36,430	60
35	Wichita, Kansas	$65,730	$40,320	30
36	Madison, Wisconsin	$64,980	$41,390	70
37	Fresno, California	$64,960	$35,560	50
38	Fargo, North Dakota	$64,510	$32,290	30
39	Jackson, Mississippi	$64,390	$32,300	30
40	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$64,360	$34,310	40
41	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$63,960	$38,270	60
42	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$63,940	$47,810	40
43	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$63,580	$43,610	120
44	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$63,390	$27,940	190
45	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$62,900	$37,120	50
46	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$62,780	$30,640	40
47	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$62,730	$40,350	50
48	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$62,710	$35,370	40
49	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$62,650	$42,710	290
50	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$62,600	$26,560	40
51	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$62,230	$38,170	60
52	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$61,860	$34,390	80
53	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$61,790	$47,150	50
54	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$61,590	$39,270	310
55	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$61,580	$34,520	210
56	Visalia-Porterville, California	$61,560	$28,560	50
57	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$61,540	$37,110	90
58	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$61,510	$40,900	250
59	St Louis, Missouri	$61,450	$33,980	70
60	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$61,340	$31,020	70
61	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$61,320	$33,930	40
62	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$60,850	$41,900	220
63	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$60,770	$41,930	90
64	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$59,870	$37,640	100
65	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$59,810	$40,900	60
66	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$59,550	$39,600	120
67	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$59,540	$43,370	80
68	Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$59,510	$52,390	40
69	Lafayette, Indiana	$59,410	$34,800	30
70	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$59,200	$36,580	140
71	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$59,040	$37,140	200
72	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$58,630	$38,630	50
73	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$58,270	$35,220	60
74	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$58,150	$27,980	40
75	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$58,010	$42,450	140
76	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$57,760	$27,790	80
77	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$57,680	$41,630	70
78	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$57,490	$41,900	80
79	Reading, Pennsylvania	$57,330	$40,820	30
80	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$57,190	$50,750	90
81	Knoxville, Tennessee	$57,100	$32,650	30
82	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$56,860	$28,100	70
83	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$56,740	$28,400	40
84	Evansville, Kentucky	$56,600	$41,570	30
85	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$56,550	$38,920	40
86	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$56,540	$27,140	100
87	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$56,280	$49,740	n/a
88	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$56,180	$29,320	40
89	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$55,980	$38,590	80
90	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$55,650	$41,830	n/a
91	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$55,650	$27,480	140
92	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$55,600	$34,600	30
93	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$55,430	$35,180	30
94	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$55,140	$47,910	n/a
95	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$55,010	$38,580	80
96	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$54,950	$28,100	80
97	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$54,880	$34,700	50
98	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$54,640	$41,500	n/a
99	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$54,350	$37,620	60
100	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$53,840	$23,960	70

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