Business & Financial

Buyers & Purchasing Agents

SOC 13-1020

Choose suppliers and negotiate the terms a business runs on.

Median pay

$78k

$61k to $101k typical range

Outlook

Growing fast

52k openings / yr

Education

Bachelor's

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person · our model, not a benchmark

Works with AI

0/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

54th pct

More exposed than 54% of occupations · modeled estimate · 69th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

64/100

Key skills

Negotiation
Supplier management
Forecasting
Contracts
Detail

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.