Buyers and Purchasing Agents Salary — Richmond, Virginia

The average Buyers and Purchasing Agents in Richmond, Virginia earns $87,630 a year.

$87,630 / year, mean
↑ 3.9% above national average 100th percentile in Virginia

Richmond sits at the very top of the range for this role in Virginia — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for buyers and purchasing agents — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
4,000
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.7%
Cost of living 98 #76 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1524 #67 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $397,705 #53 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $84,405 #39 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Richmond ranks #76 for cost of living and #53 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Lexington Park $114,770 San Jose $111,320 San Francisco $99,730 Seattle $97,900 Peoria $96,540 Trenton $95,680 Kennewick $94,080 New York $92,580 Baltimore $92,040 Bremerton $91,540 San Diego $91,240 Crestview $90,320 Los Angeles $89,820 Philadelphia $88,520 Sacramento $88,390 Bakersfield $88,150 Santa Maria $87,960 Richmond $87,630 Vallejo $87,420 Detroit $87,250 Palm Bay $87,170 Oxnard $86,740 Virginia Beach $86,490 Chambersburg $86,050 Salinas $85,380 San Antonio $85,050 Portland $84,840 Dallas $84,830 Santa Rosa $84,800 Kiryas Joel $84,300 Napa $84,150 Ann Arbor $83,820 Longview $83,650 Atlantic City $83,640 San Luis Obispo $83,520 Decatur $83,410 Hagerstown $83,360 Glens Falls $83,300 Parkersburg $83,190 Chicago $83,020 Olympia $82,980 Vineland $82,970 Midland $82,760 Yuba City $82,720 Modesto $82,350 Walla Walla $82,230 Syracuse $82,100 Albany $82,090 Austin $81,950 Stockton $81,740 Jackson $81,700 Merced $81,680 Houston $81,660 Panama City $81,440 York $80,950 Utica $80,870 Binghamton $80,850 Midland $80,850 Salisbury $80,770 Dover $80,760 Santa Cruz $80,760 Riverside $80,750 Tampa $80,490 Bellingham $80,450 Bloomington $80,440 Orlando $80,410 Salem $80,220 Allentown $80,070 Buffalo $80,010 Beaumont $79,810 Charlottesville $79,380 Mount Vernon $79,370 Jacksonville $79,310 Wenatchee $79,160 Rochester $78,770 Fort Myers $78,560 Bloomington $78,420 El Centro $78,400 Indianapolis $78,260 Hanford $77,890 Springfield $77,820 Battle Creek $77,420 Harrisburg $77,220 Miami $77,110 Fresno $76,910 Watertown $76,670 Kokomo $76,600 Rockford $76,410 Spokane $76,370 Columbus $76,070 Visalia $76,060 Pensacola $75,830 Kankakee $75,800 Morgantown $75,630 Naples $75,550 Wildwood $75,520 Champaign $75,410 Winchester $75,120 Grand Rapids $74,860 Pittsburgh $74,790 Reading $74,740 Waco $74,440 Deltona $74,430 Kingston $74,320 Lafayette $74,210 Elizabethtown $74,140 Kalamazoo $74,100 Redding $74,020 Lansing $73,610 Odessa $73,540 Lakeland $73,460 Niles $73,460 Louisville $73,450 Sebastian $73,410 Gainesville $73,270 Sarasota $72,990 Lynchburg $72,960 Wichita Falls $72,840 Killeen $72,820 Monroe $72,750 Blacksburg $72,740 Elkhart $72,740 Weirton $72,580 Yakima $72,520 Lexington $72,480 Port St. Lucie $72,430 Ithaca $72,330 Amarillo $72,320 Roanoke $72,320 Albany $72,110 Evansville $72,110 Chico $72,030 Eugene $71,740 Lebanon $71,730 Johnstown $71,530 College Station $71,510 Bend $71,480 Abilene $71,390 Bay City $71,140 Michigan City $71,120 Lancaster $71,050 Muskegon $70,870 Victoria $70,870 San Angelo $70,840 Elmira $70,740 Scranton $70,740 Corvallis $70,730 Huntington $70,370 South Bend $70,280 Charleston $70,200 Longview $70,080 Flint $69,810 Harrisonburg $69,810 Sherman $69,580 Ocala $69,180 Fort Wayne $69,080 Corpus Christi $69,040 Beckley $68,890 Erie $68,850 Gettysburg $68,690 Saginaw $68,640 Wheeling $68,330 Staunton $68,050 Muncie $67,800 Bowling Green $67,640 Tyler $67,380 Texarkana $67,210 Traverse City $66,810 Altoona $66,470 State College $66,440 Terre Haute $66,100 Grants Pass $66,040 El Paso $66,020 Owensboro $66,020 Paducah $65,470 Brownsville $65,330 Williamsport $64,360 Tallahassee $63,990 Medford $63,650 Homosassa Springs $61,850 McAllen $59,880 Lubbock $59,290 Sebring $58,590 Punta Gorda $57,330 Laredo $55,170
CityMean salaryvs. Richmond
Abilene, Texas$71,390-18.5%
Albany, Oregon$72,110-17.7%
Albany, New York$82,090-6.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$80,070-8.6%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$66,470-24.1%
Amarillo, Texas$72,320-17.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$83,820-4.3%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$83,640-4.6%
Austin, Texas$81,950-6.5%
Bakersfield, California$88,150+0.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$92,040+5.0%
Battle Creek, Michigan$77,420-11.7%
Bay City, Michigan$71,140-18.8%
Beaumont, Texas$79,810-8.9%
Beckley, West Virginia$68,890-21.4%
Bellingham, Washington$80,450-8.2%
Bend, Oregon$71,480-18.4%
Binghamton, New York$80,850-7.7%
Blacksburg, Virginia$72,740-17.0%
Bloomington, Illinois$80,440-8.2%
Bloomington, Indiana$78,420-10.5%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$67,640-22.8%
Bremerton, Washington$91,540+4.5%
Brownsville, Texas$65,330-25.4%
Buffalo, New York$80,010-8.7%
Fort Myers, Florida$78,560-10.4%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$86,050-1.8%
Champaign, Illinois$75,410-13.9%
Charleston, West Virginia$70,200-19.9%
Charlottesville, Virginia$79,380-9.4%
Chicago, Illinois$83,020-5.3%
Chico, California$72,030-17.8%
College Station, Texas$71,510-18.4%
Columbus, Indiana$76,070-13.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$69,040-21.2%
Corvallis, Oregon$70,730-19.3%
Crestview, Florida$90,320+3.1%
Dallas, Texas$84,830-3.2%
Decatur, Illinois$83,410-4.8%
Deltona, Florida$74,430-15.1%
Detroit, Michigan$87,250-0.4%
Dover, Delaware$80,760-7.8%
El Centro, California$78,400-10.5%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$74,140-15.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$72,740-17.0%
Elmira, New York$70,740-19.3%
El Paso, Texas$66,020-24.7%
Erie, Pennsylvania$68,850-21.4%
Eugene, Oregon$71,740-18.1%
Evansville, Indiana$72,110-17.7%
Flint, Michigan$69,810-20.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$69,080-21.2%
Fresno, California$76,910-12.2%
Gainesville, Florida$73,270-16.4%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$68,690-21.6%
Glens Falls, New York$83,300-4.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$74,860-14.6%
Grants Pass, Oregon$66,040-24.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$83,360-4.9%
Hanford, California$77,890-11.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$77,220-11.9%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$69,810-20.3%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$61,850-29.4%
Houston, Texas$81,660-6.8%
Huntington, West Virginia$70,370-19.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$78,260-10.7%
Ithaca, New York$72,330-17.5%
Jackson, Michigan$81,700-6.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$79,310-9.5%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$71,530-18.4%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$74,100-15.4%
Kankakee, Illinois$75,800-13.5%
Kennewick, Washington$94,080+7.4%
Killeen, Texas$72,820-16.9%
Kingston, New York$74,320-15.2%
Kiryas Joel, New York$84,300-3.8%
Kokomo, Indiana$76,600-12.6%
Lafayette, Indiana$74,210-15.3%
Lakeland, Florida$73,460-16.2%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$71,050-18.9%
Lansing, Michigan$73,610-16.0%
Laredo, Texas$55,170-37.0%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$71,730-18.1%
Lexington, Kentucky$72,480-17.3%
Lexington Park, Maryland$114,770+31.0%
Longview, Texas$70,080-20.0%
Longview, Washington$83,650-4.5%
Los Angeles, California$89,820+2.5%
Louisville, Kentucky$73,450-16.2%
Lubbock, Texas$59,290-32.3%
Lynchburg, Virginia$72,960-16.7%
McAllen, Texas$59,880-31.7%
Medford, Oregon$63,650-27.4%
Merced, California$81,680-6.8%
Miami, Florida$77,110-12.0%
Michigan City, Indiana$71,120-18.8%
Midland, Michigan$80,850-7.7%
Midland, Texas$82,760-5.6%
Modesto, California$82,350-6.0%
Monroe, Michigan$72,750-17.0%
Morgantown, West Virginia$75,630-13.7%
Mount Vernon, Washington$79,370-9.4%
Muncie, Indiana$67,800-22.6%
Muskegon, Michigan$70,870-19.1%
Napa, California$84,150-4.0%
Naples, Florida$75,550-13.8%
New York, New York$92,580+5.6%
Niles, Michigan$73,460-16.2%
Sarasota, Florida$72,990-16.7%
Ocala, Florida$69,180-21.1%
Odessa, Texas$73,540-16.1%
Olympia, Washington$82,980-5.3%
Orlando, Florida$80,410-8.2%
Owensboro, Kentucky$66,020-24.7%
Oxnard, California$86,740-1.0%
Paducah, Kentucky$65,470-25.3%
Palm Bay, Florida$87,170-0.5%
Panama City, Florida$81,440-7.1%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$83,190-5.1%
Pensacola, Florida$75,830-13.5%
Peoria, Illinois$96,540+10.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$88,520+1.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$74,790-14.7%
Portland, Oregon$84,840-3.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$72,430-17.3%
Punta Gorda, Florida$57,330-34.6%
Reading, Pennsylvania$74,740-14.7%
Redding, California$74,020-15.5%
Riverside, California$80,750-7.9%
Roanoke, Virginia$72,320-17.5%
Rochester, New York$78,770-10.1%
Rockford, Illinois$76,410-12.8%
Sacramento, California$88,390+0.9%
Saginaw, Michigan$68,640-21.7%
Salem, Oregon$80,220-8.5%
Salinas, California$85,380-2.6%
Salisbury, Maryland$80,770-7.8%
San Angelo, Texas$70,840-19.2%
San Antonio, Texas$85,050-2.9%
San Diego, California$91,240+4.1%
San Francisco, California$99,730+13.8%
San Jose, California$111,320+27.0%
San Luis Obispo, California$83,520-4.7%
Santa Cruz, California$80,760-7.8%
Santa Maria, California$87,960+0.4%
Santa Rosa, California$84,800-3.2%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$70,740-19.3%
Seattle, Washington$97,900+11.7%
Sebastian, Florida$73,410-16.2%
Sebring, Florida$58,590-33.1%
Sherman, Texas$69,580-20.6%
South Bend, Indiana$70,280-19.8%
Spokane, Washington$76,370-12.8%
Springfield, Illinois$77,820-11.2%
State College, Pennsylvania$66,440-24.2%
Staunton, Virginia$68,050-22.3%
Stockton, California$81,740-6.7%
Syracuse, New York$82,100-6.3%
Tallahassee, Florida$63,990-27.0%
Tampa, Florida$80,490-8.1%
Terre Haute, Indiana$66,100-24.6%
Texarkana, Texas$67,210-23.3%
Traverse City, Michigan$66,810-23.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$95,680+9.2%
Tyler, Texas$67,380-23.1%
Utica, New York$80,870-7.7%
Vallejo, California$87,420-0.2%
Victoria, Texas$70,870-19.1%
Vineland, New Jersey$82,970-5.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$86,490-1.3%
Visalia, California$76,060-13.2%
Waco, Texas$74,440-15.1%
Walla Walla, Washington$82,230-6.2%
Watertown, New York$76,670-12.5%
Weirton, West Virginia$72,580-17.2%
Wenatchee, Washington$79,160-9.7%
Wheeling, West Virginia$68,330-22.0%
Wichita Falls, Texas$72,840-16.9%
Wildwood, Florida$75,520-13.8%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$64,360-26.6%
Winchester, Virginia$75,120-14.3%
Yakima, Washington$72,520-17.2%
York, Pennsylvania$80,950-7.6%
Yuba City, California$82,720-5.6%
Gross salary
87,630/yr
Estimated take-home
66,253/yr
Est. total withheld
24.4%

Single filer, federal + Virginia state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 13-1020 SOC code
Official area Richmond, VA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 40060 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: va_tax_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
1,327,321