How much do Buyers and Purchasing Agents make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

Percentile spread

For Buyers and Purchasing Agents, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $65,770. The difference is $43,930, which is 128.5% 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 $22,600 to the 75th at $47,830, covers $25,230.

The mean annual wage is $39,670, which sits above the median of $34,190. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 56% lower than the national median of $77,710 for Buyers and Purchasing Agents.

It is 7% lower 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 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, 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. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 6th 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).).

• Guayama, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $37,670 and employment of 40. That median is 10.2% higher than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $41,040 and employment of 160. That median is 20% higher than the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 48 miles away, with a median of $38,970 and employment of 90. That median is 14% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Buyers and Purchasing Agents accounts for 0.51% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (3,520 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.32% of employment (491,430 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.61 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.