Highest-paying Cities for Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products

The top 100 highest paying cities for wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products (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 wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $91,880, Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma is the highest paying city for wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products. It is followed by Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington (average annual salary $90,930). 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 wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$91,880	$41,540	150
2	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$90,930	$50,660	30
3	Morgantown, West Virginia	$89,460	$32,160	40
4	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$85,880	$34,960	30
5	Peabody, Massachusetts	$85,120	$43,410	70
6	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$81,500	$39,010	70
7	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$76,430	$43,360	160
8	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$74,390	$37,160	110
9	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$71,820	$47,040	250
10	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$70,820	$39,600	180
11	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$70,770	$46,100	370
12	Odessa, Texas	$70,170	$42,270	30
13	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$69,900	$31,770	970
14	Boulder, Colorado	$69,440	$40,760	160
15	Dover, Delaware	$68,740	$28,310	40
16	Longview, Texas	$68,620	$43,540	50
17	Huntsville, Alabama	$68,550	$27,740	110
18	Columbia, Missouri	$68,160	$30,440	80
19	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$67,970	$30,740	200
20	Charlottesville, Virginia	$67,720	$40,650	30
21	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$67,490	$41,970	140
22	Ocala, Florida	$66,000	$42,010	40
23	Montgomery, Alabama	$65,960	$30,670	40
24	New Haven, Connecticut	$65,910	$35,230	260
25	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$65,150	$34,600	8,020
26	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$65,090	$37,320	1,390
27	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$64,930	$38,380	40
28	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$64,810	$30,340	80
29	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$64,770	$38,830	5,610
30	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$64,320	$34,950	130
31	Framingham, Massachusetts	$64,080	$36,960	370
32	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$63,980	$39,220	2,660
33	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$63,770	$39,990	1,660
34	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$63,750	$40,630	50
35	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$63,080	$40,150	50
36	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$62,280	$41,170	500
37	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$62,130	$39,050	90
38	Jacksonville, Florida	$61,900	$38,310	120
39	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$61,890	$35,300	250
40	Columbia, South Carolina	$61,560	$37,080	110
41	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$61,220	$37,420	130
42	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$60,970	$32,870	50
43	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$60,860	$32,950	2,960
44	Bellingham, Washington	$60,720	$36,010	40
45	Columbus, Ohio	$60,640	$41,940	1,090
46	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$60,610	$33,120	510
47	Reading, Pennsylvania	$60,390	$37,880	70
48	Topeka, Kansas	$60,290	$40,310	130
49	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$60,230	$19,990	440
50	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$60,150	$40,520	330
51	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$60,130	$41,780	100
52	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$59,860	$30,520	1,920
53	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$59,780	$36,860	2,070
54	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$59,700	$29,160	170
55	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$59,490	$21,690	100
56	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$59,460	$34,170	50
57	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$59,310	$30,740	2,560
58	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$59,280	$36,920	400
59	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$59,210	$23,060	60
60	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$59,050	$32,170	1,400
61	Midland, Texas	$58,920	$34,090	50
62	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$58,860	$37,360	50
63	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$58,730	$30,470	3,480
64	Lima, Ohio	$58,710	$36,130	50
65	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$58,700	$40,360	540
66	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$58,690	$38,520	2,540
67	Manchester, New Hampshire	$58,680	$32,830	60
68	Camden, New Jersey	$58,510	$39,430	210
69	Springfield, Illinois	$58,380	$32,630	50
70	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$58,310	$30,010	70
71	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$58,310	$32,680	2,810
72	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$58,200	$36,880	1,540
73	Danbury, Connecticut	$58,080	$33,830	30
74	Wausau, Wisconsin	$58,040	$34,290	50
75	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$57,950	$35,210	60
76	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$57,750	$35,310	180
77	Gainesville, Georgia	$57,510	$36,620	40
78	Anchorage, Alaska	$57,460	$30,040	190
79	Wilmington, New Jersey	$57,440	$37,140	180
80	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$57,170	$37,100	50
81	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$57,140	$33,460	140
82	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$57,100	$28,890	120
83	Syracuse, New York	$57,090	$42,610	180
84	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$57,060	$38,070	1,860
85	Nashua, New Hampshire	$56,990	$36,880	80
86	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$56,940	$36,070	2,740
87	Kansas City, Missouri	$56,890	$30,710	1,610
88	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$56,890	$29,270	60
89	Gainesville, Florida	$56,860	$38,050	n/a
90	Wilmington, North Carolina	$56,850	$30,970	70
91	Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$56,820	$36,430	40
92	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$56,810	$38,580	970
93	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$56,730	$33,030	250
94	Peoria, Illinois	$56,640	$30,170	70
95	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$56,630	$33,390	490
96	Bangor, Maine	$56,590	$32,300	40
97	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$56,500	$49,870	40
98	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$56,340	$38,920	2,450
99	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$56,340	$42,660	130
100	Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$56,260	$26,730	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products.