How much do Buyers and Purchasing Agents make in Owensboro, KY?

Percentile spread

For Buyers and Purchasing Agents, the published 10th percentile is $41,170 and the 90th percentile is $97,170. The difference is $56,000, which is 87.9% 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 $50,930 to the 75th at $76,980, covers $26,050.

The mean annual wage is $66,020, which sits above the median of $63,690. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Owensboro, KY median is 18% lower than the national median of $77,710 for Buyers and Purchasing Agents. In 2024 national prices the local median is $71,877, which is 7.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.4% lower than the Kentucky median of $65,240.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Owensboro, KY is 88.610, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,690 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Buyers and Purchasing Agents at $71,877 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Buyers and Purchasing Agents. Owensboro, KY ranks 16th of 20 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).).

• Evansville, IN is 36 miles away, with a median of $69,900 and employment of 410. That median is 9.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,370, against $71,877 here.
• Bowling Green, KY is 59 miles away, with a median of $61,120 and employment of 270. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,776, against $71,877 here.
• Elizabethtown, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $73,730 and employment of 220. That median is 15.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $81,405, against $71,877 here.

Employment share

Buyers and Purchasing Agents accounts for 0.26% of wage-and-salary employment in Owensboro, KY (130 of 49,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.32% of employment (491,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.83 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.