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Purchasing Managers

Occupation · SOC 2018 11-3061 · United States

SOC 2018 code
11-3061
Share of U.S. applications
0.06%
Applications on record
7,840
FY2025
442
Median offered wage
$147,900
Certified (last three years)
97.9%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$147,900certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Purchasing Managers (SOC 11-3061). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Purchasing Managers

380759FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
380759FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008113
FY2009201
FY2010759
FY2011524
FY2012118
FY2013521
FY2014568
FY2015406
FY2016520
FY2017471
FY2018525
FY2019425
FY2020293
FY2021372
FY2022447
FY2023388
FY2024395
FY2025442
FY2026*352
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*00249103
FY202510320121
FY20243029795
FY202330278107
FY20222035491
FY202100256116
FY20200022469
FY201922305116
FY201801335189
FY201701324146
FY201600346174
FY2015004033
FY201400433135
FY20130044279
FY20120018100
FY201100365159
FY201000579180
FY20090011685
FY2008000113
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Amazon Data Services, Inc157
  2. Amazon.com Services LLC149
  3. Amazon Corporate LLC135
  4. Cummins Inc.104
  5. Apple Inc.100
  6. Rivian Automotive, LLC91
  7. Google LLC72
  8. American Airlines, Inc.64
  9. Microsoft Corporation60
  10. Tesla, Inc.48
  11. Zoox Inc.39
  12. Western Digital Technologies, Inc.32
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Purchasing Managers: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA1,918
TX825
NY723
FL534
WA450
IL389
NJ324
MI303
GA218
MA177
PA177
IN173
NC134
CT132
OH121
VA118
TN115
WI110
AL90
MN70
MD70
OR69
AZ63
CO54
SC53
MO47
OK43
NV34
KS30
IA28
UT27
AR27
LA26
DC24
KY20
MS17
DE15
MP13
NH11
ID10
RI10
WV9
NE8
GU7
PR5
MT4
HI4
AK3
NM2
WY1
SD1
VI1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ957
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA714
  3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA483
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA447
  5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA441
  6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL377
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN364
  8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX336
  9. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX241
  10. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI238
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $147,900; middle half $121,750 to $172,050 · median prevailing wage $135,491 (marker) · 844 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I174
  2. Level II308
  3. Level III138
  4. Level IV136
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Purchasing Manager949
  2. Procurement Manager153
  3. Hardware Commodity Specialist III102
  4. Commodity Manager97
  5. Strategic Sourcing Manager90
  6. Sourcing Manager83
  7. HW Commodity Specialist III66
  8. Hardware Commodity Specialist II47
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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