How much do Buyers and Purchasing Agents make in Arecibo, PR?

Percentile spread

For Buyers and Purchasing Agents, the published 10th percentile is $25,090 and the 90th percentile is $77,860. The difference is $52,770, which is 135.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $26,660 to the 75th at $53,250, covers $26,590.

The mean annual wage is $45,200, which sits above the median of $38,970. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Arecibo, PR median is 49.9% lower than the national median of $77,710 for Buyers and Purchasing Agents.

It is 6% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $36,750.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Arecibo, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Buyers and Purchasing Agents. Arecibo, PR ranks 4th of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Aguadilla, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $54,550 and employment of 290. That median is 40% higher than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $41,040 and employment of 160. That median is 5.3% higher than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $39,410 and employment of 150. That median is 1.1% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Buyers and Purchasing Agents accounts for 0.26% of wage-and-salary employment in Arecibo, PR (90 of 34,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.32% of employment (491,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.82 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.