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Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products

Occupation · SOC 2018 13-1022 · United States

SOC 2018 code
13-1022
Share of U.S. applications
0.02%
Applications on record
2,702
FY2025
108
Median offered wage
$72,176
Certified (last three years)
89.7%
Main route
PERM labour certification
Median wage$72,176certified 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 Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products (SOC 13-1022). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products

163326FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
163326FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008158
FY2009107
FY2010326
FY2011242
FY2012198
FY2013142
FY2014129
FY2015163
FY2016172
FY2017180
FY2018161
FY2019108
FY202089
FY202198
FY202280
FY202375
FY202481
FY2025108
FY2026*85
Fiscal yearH-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*003352
FY2025004167
FY2024002952
FY2023103539
FY2022023048
FY2021004256
FY2020004049
FY2019014562
FY20180054107
FY20170010872
FY2016009181
FY20150110854
FY20140010425
FY20130013012
FY20120215541
FY20110015884
FY201000184142
FY2009003374
FY2008000158
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. Ma Laboratories, Inc.69
  2. Trendly, Inc.37
  3. Urban Outfitters, Inc.34
  4. Mitsuwa Corporation33
  5. Forever 21, Inc.26
  6. Amazon.com Services LLC21
  7. Pacific Northern, Inc.13
  8. Queen Apparel NY, Inc.11
  9. Sears Holdings Management Corporation11
  10. Ralph Lauren Corporation11
  11. The TJX Companies, Inc.9
  12. 57TH Street Collection, Inc.8
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).

Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA742
NY713
NJ233
TX194
FL174
PA68
IL66
GA52
MA46
VA38
WA37
OH34
MD32
SC21
MI21
MN21
IN16
NC15
OR13
AL13
NV13
HI12
AZ11
TN10
MO10
WI9
NE9
UT8
KS7
DE7
NM7
CT7
DC6
CO5
LA5
OK4
KY4
AR3
AK3
ID2
VI2
RI2
MS2
ME1
NH1
WV1
MP1
GU1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ895
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA526
  3. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL114
  4. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX111
  5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA85
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX72
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN65
  8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD60
  9. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA60
  10. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA45
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 $72,176; middle half $62,160 to $90,640 · median prevailing wage $65,562 (marker) · 92 applications.

$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I32
  2. Level II40
  3. Level III11
  4. Level IV17
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Buyer120
  2. Purchasing Specialist78
  3. Merchandiser74
  4. Associate Buyer31
  5. Fashion Merchandiser28
  6. Merchandising Planner27
  7. Production Coordinator25
  8. Retail Buyer23
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.

  • 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
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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