Buyers and purchasing agents

Buyers and purchasing agents typically requires Bachelor’s degree and BLS lists median annual pay of $75,000 to $99,999 with a Faster than average 10-year outlook.

Entry path: BLS lists Moderate-term on-the-job training on-the-job training and 10,000 to 49,999 projected new jobs.

Related degree and certificate lanes from the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk include Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling. -> Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products; Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management. -> Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products; Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General. -> Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products; General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations, Other. -> Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products; Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management. -> Purchasing Managers.

Sample institutions in the current IPEDS slice with related completions include Reedley College (CA) with 344 sampled completions; Lake Land College (IL) with 201 sampled completions; Des Moines Area Community College (IA) with 157 sampled completions; Central Community College (NE) with 148 sampled completions.

Official workforce-funded training options in the current TrainingProviderResults.gov slice include Carteret Community College (NC) Information Technology: Software and Web Development AA/AS with completion 0.22 and employment 0.64; CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NC) Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Technology with completion 0.3 and employment 0.79; CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NC) Broadcasting and Production Technology Degree with completion 0.45 and employment 0.72; CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NC) Medical Billing and Coding (GES1014-ONLINE) with completion -1 and employment -1.

Public apprenticeship examples include Apprenticeship Carolina Mechatronics Apprenticeship (SC); CompTIA Cloud Infrastructure Apprenticeship (National); IBEW Outside Lineman Apprenticeship (NY); IBEW Outside Lineman Apprenticeship (NJ).