SOC 13-1020 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025

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

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Buyers and Purchasing Agents in Guayama, PR is $37,670. The 10th percentile is $24,490 and the 90th percentile is $59,870. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$37,670

10th percentile
$24,490
25th percentile
$31,160
Median
$37,670
75th percentile
$40,970
90th percentile
$59,870
Mean
$38,710

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Buyers and Purchasing Agents, the published 10th percentile is $24,490 and the 90th percentile is $59,870. The difference is $35,380, which is 93.9% 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 $31,160 to the 75th at $40,970, covers $9,810.

The mean annual wage is $38,710, which sits above the median of $37,670. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Guayama, PR median is 51.5% lower than the national median of $77,710 for Buyers and Purchasing Agents.

It is 2.5% 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 Guayama, 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. Guayama, PR ranks 5th 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).).

  • San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $34,190 and employment of 3,520. That median is 9.2% lower than the median here.
  • Ponce, PR is 38 miles away, with a median of $41,040 and employment of 160. That median is 8.9% higher than the median here.
  • Arecibo, PR is 55 miles away, with a median of $38,970 and employment of 90. That median is 3.5% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Buyers and Purchasing Agents accounts for 0.32% of wage-and-salary employment in Guayama, PR (40 of 12,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.32% of employment (491,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.02 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.

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Questions this page answers

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

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Buyers and Purchasing Agents in Guayama, PR is $37,670. The 10th percentile is $24,490 and the 90th percentile is $59,870. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Buyers and Purchasing Agents?

The local median is 51.5% lower than the national median of $77,710.

How does Guayama, PR compare with nearby metros for Buyers and Purchasing Agents?

San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 22 miles away, at $34,190. Guayama, PR ranks 5th of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.