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Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

Occupation · SOC 2018 13-1023 · United States

SOC 2018 code
13-1023
Share of U.S. applications
0.04%
Applications on record
4,670
FY2025
358
Median offered wage
$83,283
Certified (last three years)
98.4%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$83,283certified 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 Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products (SOC 13-1023). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

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

249498FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
249498FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200846
FY200967
FY2010183
FY2011170
FY2012194
FY2013178
FY2014203
FY2015262
FY2016284
FY2017291
FY2018391
FY2019306
FY2020248
FY2021257
FY2022242
FY2023213
FY2024279
FY2025358
FY2026*498
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*0041286
FY20250027088
FY20240022455
FY20231016547
FY20220017666
FY20210018770
FY20201017077
FY20191021392
FY20180029794
FY20170022863
FY20160121865
FY20150021349
FY20140017429
FY20130016711
FY20120017222
FY20110014030
FY20100014142
FY2009004324
FY200800046
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. Tesla, Inc.273
  2. Amazon.com Services LLC65
  3. American Airlines, Inc.57
  4. Pacific Northern, Inc.57
  5. NB Ventures, Inc.35
  6. Foxconn/hon Hai Logistics Texas LLC33
  7. Schlumberger Technology Corporation25
  8. Denali Sourcing Services23
  9. NSG Technology, Inc.18
  10. Tesla Motors, Inc.17
  11. Kawasaki Rail Car, Inc.17
  12. Shake-n-go Fashion Inc16
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 Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA886
TX722
NY413
NJ317
FL274
MI253
AL155
GA141
OH140
IL137
MA119
NC104
PA101
WA101
IN72
VA65
SC61
AZ57
MD51
MO47
WI44
UT42
TN37
MN35
KS32
CO31
CT31
NV27
KY22
LA19
OK17
OR16
NE11
NH11
AR10
RI10
MS9
ID9
IA8
DC6
HI5
DE4
WV3
PR3
ME3
MP2
VT1
AK1
GU1
MT1
NM1
SD1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ655
  2. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX362
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA281
  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA253
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX230
  6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA230
  7. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI203
  8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL177
  9. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH116
  10. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN104
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 $83,283; middle half $67,659 to $106,392 · median prevailing wage $69,368 (marker) · 885 applications.

$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I217
  2. Level II334
  3. Level III177
  4. Level IV157
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Purchasing Agent321
  2. Buyer182
  3. Procurement Specialist175
  4. Global Supply Manager126
  5. Purchasing Specialist121
  6. Purchasing Analyst88
  7. Senior Buyer73
  8. Sourcing Engineer72
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.

  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • 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
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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