Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Wholesale and Retail Buyers
Wholesale and Retail Buyers buy merchandise or commodities, other than farm products, for resale to consumers at the wholesale or retail level, including both durable and nondurable goods. Analyze past buying trends, sales records, price, and quality of merchandise to determine value and yield. Select, order, and authorize payment for merchandise according to contractual agreements. May conduct meetings with sales personnel and introduce new products. May negotiate contracts. Includes assistant wholesale and retail buyers of nonfarm products.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Wholesale and Retail Buyers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $39,810 to $50,840 per year or $19 to $24 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Wholesale and Retail Buyers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
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Highest (Top 10%) | $54 | $112,170 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $43 | $88,600 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $32 | $66,690 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $24 | $50,840 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $19 | $39,810 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
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DC | $50 | $105,020 |
NJ | $42 | $86,890 |
VA | $40 | $83,400 |
MD | $40 | $82,450 |
NY | $38 | $79,700 |
MA | $38 | $78,870 |
AR | $38 | $78,400 |
WA | $38 | $78,280 |
CA | $37 | $76,490 |
RI | $37 | $76,040 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Wholesale and Retail Buyer is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Wholesale and Retail Buyers are in the states of DC, NJ, VA, MD and NY.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil | $98620 | $47.41 |
Software Publishers | $96190 | $46.24 |
Oil and Gas Extraction | $94440 | $45.41 |
Federal Executive Branch | $91170 | $43.83 |
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities | $87650 | $42.14 |
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities | $87350 | $42.00 |
Other Information Services | $87110 | $41.88 |
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution | $86900 | $41.78 |
Cable and Other Subscription Programming | $86780 | $41.72 |
Computer Systems Design and Related Services | $86290 | $41.49 |
Postal Service (Federal Government) | $85960 | $41.33 |
Monetary Authorities-Central Bank | $85150 | $40.94 |
Radio and Television Broadcasting | $85090 | $40.91 |
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing | $84850 | $40.79 |
Telecommunications | $84840 | $40.79 |
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing | $84560 | $40.65 |
Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations | $82760 | $39.79 |
Rail Transportation | $82690 | $39.76 |
Scientific Research and Development Services | $82360 | $39.60 |
Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities | $82180 | $39.51 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | $80720 | $38.81 |
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas | $80110 | $38.52 |
Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing | $79890 | $38.41 |
Legal Services | $79650 | $38.29 |
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services | $79560 | $38.25 |
Insurance Carriers | $79540 | $38.24 |
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing | $79460 | $38.20 |
Natural Gas Distribution | $79070 | $38.01 |
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | $78630 | $37.81 |
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing | $78470 | $37.73 |